Write a system of equations to describe the situation below, solve using any method, and fill in the blanks.
One Friday night, two large groups of people called Livingston Taxi Service. The first group requested 1 sedan and 2 minivans, which can seat a total of 16 people. The second group asked for 3 sedans and 2 minivans, which can seat a total of 24 people. How many passengers can each type of taxi seat?
A sedan can seat people, and a minivan can seat people.
+128475 Let the number of people that a sedan can carry = S
Let the number of people that a minivan can carry = M
So
1S + 2M = 16
3S + 2M = 24 sbtract the first equation from the second
2S = 8
S = 4
Using the first equation to find M
1(4) + 2M =16
4 + 2M =16
2M = 16 - 4
2M =12
M = 6
A sedan can hold 4 people ....a minivan can hold 6
what about this one?
Write a system of equations to describe the situation below, solve using any method, and fill in the blanks.
An employee at a construction company is ordering interior doors for some new houses that are being built. There are 3 one-story houses and 6 two-story houses on the west side of the street, which require a total of 93 doors. On the east side, there are 8 one-story houses and 2 two-story houses, which require a total of 94 doors. Assuming that the floor plans for the one-story houses are identical and so are the two-story houses, how many doors does each type of house have?
Each one-story house has___ doors, and each two-story house has___ doors.
