So you would distribute what's in the parenthesis and end up with 4x-2x-6=x+1, then you combine like terms and end up with 2x-6=x+1, now you can add 6 to both sides or subtract 1 both sides (basically anything goes for this step just make sure you apply the same thing on both sides) so I'll add 6 and continue just to show you... then you end up with 2x=x+7 then you subtract 1x on both sides to get x=7. sorry it's a lot hopefully you get it know!
According to the question statement, the total sum of students is 221, which includes the students that ride on bus and the students that ride in a van.
The students that ride in a van are five, the students that ride on bus are 6 times s which is the product of the number of buses and the number of students that are on each bus.
Write all this information into an equation, this way:
Now, solve the equation for s to find the number of students that are on each bus.
There are 36 students on each bus.
1) write a linear system - let a = boxes of apples and b = boxes of bananas
a + b = 86
32a + 16b = 1968
2) solve - use substitution
a = 86 - b
32(86 - b) + 16b = 1968
2752 - 32b + 16b = 1968
-16b = -784
16b = 784
b = 49
a + 49 = 86
a = 37
37 boxes of apples and 49 boxes of bananas
