document.write( "Question 1168055: A delivery truck is transporting boxes of two sizes: large and small. The combined weight of a large box and a small box is 80 pounds. The truck is transporting 65 large boxes and 70 small boxes. If the truck is carrying a total of 5325 pounds in boxes, how much does each type of box weigh?
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document.write( "Let x be the weight of a small box (in pounds).  The the weight of the large box is (80-x) lbs.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The total weight equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "   65(80-x) + 70x = 5325\r\n" );
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document.write( "From the equation,\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x =  = 25.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  The weight of the small box is 25 lbs; of the large box 80-25 = 55 lbs.\r\n" );
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