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To solve the problem in question 15 from the image: There are 40 passengers in the bus and fewer in the trolleybus. The bus has 6 more passengers than the trolleybus. How many passengers are in the trolleybus? Let \( x \) represent the number of passengers in the trolleybus. The problem states that the bus has 6 more passengers than the trolleybus, so we can express the number of passengers in the bus as \( x + 6 \). Since the total number of passengers in both vehicles is 40, we can write the equation: \[ x + (x + 6) = 40 \] Solving this equation: 1. Combine like terms: \[ 2x + 6 = 40 \] 2. Subtract 6 from both sides: \[ 2x = 34 \] 3. Divide by 2: \[ x = 17 \] Therefore, there are 17 passengers in the trolleybus.