On a school trip to Great Adventure, there are 200 students on four buses. Three of the buses each have 12 more students than the third bus. How many students are on each of the buses?

Bus 3 = 41 students

Bus 1, 2, 4 = 53 students each

Step-by-step explanation:

200 = the total amount of students

x = the amount of students on bus 3

x + 12 = the amount of students on each of the other three buses (bus 1, 2, 4)

200 = x + 3(x+12)

200 = x + 3x + 36

200 = 4x + 36

164 = 4x

41 = x

Since x = 41, there were 41 students on bus 3. Since there were 12 more students on each of the other three buses, each one had 53 (41 + 12 = 53).