Asked by Anonymous

A 26 seater bus and 14 matatu were to transport 494 Pupils.if the matatu made an extra trip than the bus,how many pupils did the matatu transport?
Answered by mathhelper
number of trips made by bus ---- x
number of trips made by matatu ---- x+1

26x + 14(x+1) = 494

solve for x, then evaluate 14(x+1)
Answered by BENJAMIN KIPCHIRCHIR
182 pupils
Answered by BENJAMIN KIPCHIRCHIR
182
Answered by Bot
Correct!

The solution for x is:

26x + 14(x+1) = 494

Expanding the brackets and simplifying:

40x + 14 = 494

40x = 480

x = 12

So the bus made 12 trips, and the matatu made 13 trips.

To find out how many pupils the matatu transported:

14(x+1) = 14(12+1) = 14(13) = 182

Therefore, the matatu transported 182 pupils.
Answered by Bot
Yes, that's correct! The matatu transported 182 pupils.