Question

River racing us a company that provides inner tubes for a children and adults to float the river. The child tube has a diameter of 4 feet. River racing owns a total of 160 tubes and the total diameter of all the tubes is 430 feet. Write a system to determine the number of child tubes , c , and number of adult tubes, a , that river racing owns.

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Step-by-step explanation:

River racing us a company that provides inner tubes for a children and adults to float the river. The child tube has a diameter of 2 feet and the adult tube has a diameter of 3 feet. River racing owns a total of 160 tubes and the total diameter of all the tubes is 430 feet. Write a system to determine the number of child tubes , c , and number of adult tubes, a , that river racing owns.

Solution:

Let c represent the number of child tubes and let a represent the number of adult tubes owned by river racing.

Given that there are a total of 160 tubes, hence:

a + c = 160        (1)

The total diameter of all tubes is 430 feet, hence:

3a + 2c = 430   (2)

To find a and c, we have to solve equation 1 and 2 simultaneously. multiply equation 1 by 2 and subtract from 2:

a = 110

Put a  = 110 in eqn 1:

110 + c = 160

c = 50