Seventy of Myra’s classmates are traveling by bus to a football game in another town. They hired 2 buses, but there were only 64 seats. The remaining 6 students had to travel in a separate van.The equation 2b + 6 = 70 represents the given scenario. What does b represent?

The 2 buses each carried b students, so 2b represents the students riding on the buses. The 6 students in the van are added to that total to make 70 students. Therefore, b represents the number of students who rode on each bus.

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