Asked by Adyan

a party of people go for an excursion in x cars, of which y cars each hold 4 people and the remainder 5. How many people were their in the party

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Answered by Steve
4y+5x

So much for math -- now it's time to ask for help with English.
Answered by Steve
Oops. My bad.

4y + 5(x-y) = 5x-y

You can think of the party as having x cars of 5 people each, then subtract one person for each of the y cars, which only hold 4.
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