Question

For a school field trip, there must be 1 adult to accompany 12 students, 3 adults to accompany 36 students, and 5 adults to accompany 60 students. Write the equation to determine the number of adults, y, needed to accompany x students

Answer 1

The answer is y=x/12

Answer 2

Y = 12x
students/adults equals 12 in the examples in the problem