The seventh and eighth-grade bands held a joint concert. Together, there were 188 band members. If the eighth-grade band is 3 times as big as the seventh-grade band, how big is the eighth-grade?
Let x=7th band and let y=8th band.
a. 47 eighth-grade band students
b. 63 eighth-grade band students
c. 141 eighth-grade band students
Part B:
Write the two equations for this situation.
