Eleni is helping to organize a school trip. She needs to find the best deal out of the three bus companies. 260 students are going on the trip. First Student charges $350 per bus. They will need 7 buses. Stock Transportation charges $500 to cover the cost for the drivers plus $6 per student. Switzer-Carty charges $7 per student. Write an algebraic equation for each company and solve it to find out which is the least expensive.

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Let the number of students the bus carries be x.

First Student charges $350 per bus. They will need 7 buses.

Therefore, the cost of the school hiring the bus is:

C = 7*350

C = 2450

The charge of per student

= 2450 / 260

= $ 9.4

Stock Transportation charges $500 to cover the cost for the drivers plus $6 per student.

C = 500 + 6*260

C = 500 + 1560

C = 2060

Switzer-Carty costs $7 for every student that they bus.

Therefore, the cost of the school hiring the bus is:

C = 7 * x

C = 7x

To bus 260 students, then, the cost will be:

C = 7 * 260

C = $1820

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