document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=881141>Question 881141</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a truck contained 35 boxes, some weighing 6 pounds and the rest weighing 10 pounds. if the total weight of the boxes was 262 pounds, find the number of each type of box in the truck </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "35 - x = number of 10 pound boxes {there are 35 boxes}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6x + 10(35 - x) = 262   {weight of each box multiplied by number of boxes equals total weight}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x + 350 - 10x = 262 {used distributive property}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-4x + 350 = 262 {combined like terms}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-4x = -88 {subtracted 350 from each side}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 22 {divided each side by -4}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "35 - x = 13 {substituted 22, in for x, into 35 - x}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "22 six pound boxes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "13 ten pound boxes<BR>\n" );
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