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document.write( "A delivery truck is transporting boxes of two sizes: large and small. The combined weight of a large box and a small box is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "75<BR>\n" );
document.write( " pounds. The truck is transporting <BR>\n" );
document.write( "55<BR>\n" );
document.write( " large boxes and <BR>\n" );
document.write( "70<BR>\n" );
document.write( " small boxes. If the truck is carrying a total of <BR>\n" );
document.write( "4575<BR>\n" );
document.write( " pounds in boxes, how much does each type of box weigh? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let L = the wt of the large box<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let s = the wt of the small box<BR>\n" );
document.write( " The combined weight of a large box and a small box is 75 pounds.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L + s = 75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L = (75-s)<BR>\n" );
document.write( " The truck is transporting 55 large boxes and 70 small boxes.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " If the truck is carrying a total of 4575 pounds in boxes, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "55L + 70s = 4575<BR>\n" );
document.write( "simplify, divide by 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11L + 14s = 915<BR>\n" );
document.write( "replace L with (75-s)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11(75-s) + 14s = 915<BR>\n" );
document.write( "825 - 11s + 14s = 915<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-11s + 14s = 915 - 825<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3s = 90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 90/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 30 lb is the wt of the small box<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then obviously,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "75 - 30 = 45 lb is the wt of the large box<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check this in the total weight equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "55(45) + 70(30) = 4575<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "   </SPAN>\n" );
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