document.write( "Question 358256: Find the total weight of the boxes of pecans in a shipment of 3 lb boxes of pecans and 2lbs boxes of walnuts.
\n" ); document.write( "1)there were 24 fewer 2 lb boxes of walnut than 3 lb boxes of pecans.
\n" ); document.write( "2)the total weight of the shipment was 462 lbs.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "tried: 3n + 2(n-24)=462; 3n +2n-48=462;5n -48 +48=462-48=414; 5n=414=82.8 \n" ); document.write( "
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Find the total weight of the boxes of pecans in a shipment of 3 lb boxes of pecans and 2lbs boxes of walnuts.
\n" ); document.write( "1)there were 24 fewer 2 lb boxes of walnut than 3 lb boxes of pecans.
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\n" ); document.write( "Quantity Equation: w = p -24\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "2)the total weight of the shipment was 462 lbs
\n" ); document.write( "Weight Equation:
\n" ); document.write( "2w + 3p = 462 lbs
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\n" ); document.write( "2(p-24) + 3p = 462
\n" ); document.write( "2p-48 + 3p = 462
\n" ); document.write( "5p = 510
\n" ); document.write( "p = 102 (# of boxes of pecans)
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\n" ); document.write( "Since w = p-24, w = 102-24 = 78 (# of boxes of walnuts)\r
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