During a 4th of july weekend 32 vehicles became trapped on sunshine bridge while it was being repaved. A recent city ordinance decreed that only cars with only 4 wheels and trucks with 6 wheels could be on the bridge at a time. If there were 148 tires that needed to be replaced due to damage, how many cars and trucks would be involved in the accident?
During a 4th of july weekend 32 vehicles became trapped on sunshine bridge while it was being repaved. A recent city ordinance decreed that only cars with only 4 wheels and trucks with 6 wheels could be on the bridge at a time. If there were 148 tires that needed to be replaced due to damage, how many cars and trucks would be involved in the accident?
x = cars
y = trucks
(1)x+y=32x=32−y(2)4x+6y=1484⋅(32−y)+6y=1484⋅32−4y+6y=1484⋅32+2y=148|:22⋅32+y=7464+y=74|−64y=74−64y=10x=32−yx=32−10x=22
22 cars and 10 trucks
Call the number of cars = x ... and the number of wheels on the cars = 4x
Call the number of trucks (32 - x) .... and the number of wheels on the trucks = (32 - x)6
So we have
4x + (32 - x)6 = 148 simplify
4x + 192 - 6x = 148
-2x + 192 = 148 subtract 192 from each side
-2x = -44 divide both sides by -2
x = 22 cars and (32 - x) = (32 - 22) = 10 trucks