Question

Mark flew from Boston to Baltimore, then Baltimore to Orlando. The number of people on his first flight was five more than four times the number of people on his second flight. If there were 365 people altogether on the two flights, how many were on the flight to Baltimore to Orlando

Answer 1

Answer:

There are 72 people in the flight from Baltimore to Orlando .

Explanation:

The number of people on his first flight =five more than four times the number of people on his second flight.  

Let the number of people on 2 nd flight be n,  

then number of people on1 st flight will be 5 + 4 x n = 4n + 5

If there were 365 people altogether on the two flights, then the number of people on the flight to Baltimore to Orlando

n + (4n + 5) = 365  

n + 4n = 365 – 5  

5n = 360  

$n=\frac{360}{5}$

n = 72