traveledGiven:
The total number of students is N = 142.
The number of students riding in a car is n(C) = 50.
The total number of buses is b = 4.
The objective is to find the number of students traveling on each bus.
Explanation:
Consider the number of students travelled in each bus as s.
Then, the total number of students traveling in 4 buses will be 4s.
The algebraic expression for the total number of students N can be represented as,
[tex]N=n(C)+b(s)\text{ . . . . .(1)}[/tex]On plugging the given values in equation (1),
[tex]142=50+4s[/tex]On further solving the above equation,
[tex]\begin{gathered} 142-50=4s \\ 4s=92 \\ s=\frac{92}{4} \\ s=23 \end{gathered}[/tex]Hence, the number of students traveling on each bus is 23.
