Agroup of 485 people take a canoe trip. they fill up all avalible canoes that each hold 3 people with 273 people. the rest of the group will ride in canoes that each hold 2 people. how many canoes will the group need? write equations with unknown to show your steps.

3c=273
c=91
2c= 212
C= 106
c= 91+ 106= 197
so they will need 197 canoes total

Why:
So first you have to determine a set variable to represent the number of canoes, I chose C. Then you make an equation to represent the number of canoes 273 people will use if they group into 3's, from this I got 3c=273. Solve for C and get 91.
The remainder of the group which is 485-273= 212 will use canoes in groups of 2's. To represent this, 2c=212. Solve for C and get 106. Combine 106 and 91 to get the total number of canoes.