The Alpine Music Club is going on its annual music trip. The members of the club are yodelers, and they like to play the xylophone. queenhasani1298 avatar
This year they are taking their xylophones on a gondola to give a performance at the top of Mount Monch. *
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The gondola conductor charges $1 for each yodeler and $2 for each xylophone. It costs $40 for the entire club, including the xylophones, to ride the gondola. Two yodelers can share a xylophone, so the number of yodelers on the gondola is twice the number of xylophones. Write two
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equations to represent this situation. *
This year they are taking their xylophones on a gondola to give a performance at the top of Mount Monch. The gondola conductor charges $1 for each yodeler and $2 for each xylophone. It costs $40 for the entire club, including the xylophones, to ride the gondola. Two yodelers can share a xylophone, so the number of yodelers on the gondola is twice the number of xylophones. Write two equations to represent this situation.
How many yodelers and xylophones went up the mountain?