At a certain committee meeting only associate professors and assistant professors are present. Each associate professor has brought 2 pencils and 1 chart to the meeting, while each assistant professor has brought 1 pencil and 2 charts. If a total of 10 pencils and 14 charts have been brought to the meeting, how many people are present? Choices
A) 6	B) 7	C) 8	D) 9	E) 10

Rationale: say there are ' a ' associate professors . so we have 2 a pencils and a charts . say there are ' b ' assistant professors . so we have b pencils and 2 b charts . total pencils are 10 so 2 a + b = 10 total charts are 11 so a + 2 b = 14 add both : 3 a + 3 b = 24 so a + b = 8 total number of people = 8 c
Answer: C