SOLUTION: A ship has 92 containers on board. Some containers are from an apparel manufacturer and the rest are from an athletic shoe company. The apparel manufacturer's containers each weigh
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Question 1117029: A ship has 92 containers on board. Some containers are from an apparel manufacturer and the rest are from an athletic shoe company. The apparel manufacturer's containers each weigh 11 tons. The athletic shoe company's container each weigh 8 tons. The total weight of all the containers is 862 tons. The ship's captain wants to know how many containers are from the apparel manufacturer. Which system of linear equations represents the situation?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
g, apparel containers
z, shoes containers
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