The senior dasses at High School A and High School B planned separate trips to New York City The senior class at High School A rented and filled 14 vans and 6 buses with 264 students. High School B rented and filled 7 vans and 5 buses with 178 students. Every van had the same number of students in it as did the buses. How many students rode in each van?

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Since there are the same number of kids in each vehicle, we will make all vehicles equal to a variable , and solve for to see how many kids are in each vehicle:

First, let's add the number of vehicles total:

Now, we know that there are vehicles each with the same number of kids, and a total of students, or students, so let's make an equation:

Divide both sides by :

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