SOLUTION: The capacities of two trucks are 3 tons and 4 tons respectively. If the smaller truck makes 18 more trips than the larger, it can deliver 12 more tons of freight than the larger. H
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Question 321751: The capacities of two trucks are 3 tons and 4 tons respectively. If the smaller truck makes 18 more trips than the larger, it can deliver 12 more tons of freight than the larger. How many trips does each truck make?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let
represent the number of trips made by the larger truck. Then the number of tons delivered by the larger truck must be
. The number of trips made by the smaller truck is
and the number of tons delivered by the smaller truck is
. Since this is 12 more tons than was delivered by the larger truck:
Solve for
John

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