SOLUTION: students in a class sel donuts to raise funds for their scholl project. the donuts are sold in small and large boxes.small boxes has x number of donuts and the large has 2x + 3. 1.

Question 1034656: students in a class sel donuts to raise funds for their scholl project. the donuts are sold in small and large boxes.small boxes has x number of donuts and the large has 2x + 3. 1. students sold 8 small boxes and 5 large boexes. 1. write an expression in terms of x to represent the total number of donuts sold.
the total sold was 195. calculate the number of odnuts in each (a) small box and (b) large box

Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Large = 2x+3
Small = x
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8x+5(2x+3) = 195 this is your expression. Solve the expression:
8x+10x+15 = 195
18x = 180
x = 10 There are 10 in a small and
2(10)+3 = 23 in a large box
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Check:
8*10 = 80 small boxes
5*23 = 115 large boxes
Total 195 Correct
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John
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