SOLUTION: Michael has a job transporting soft drinks by truck. His truck is filled with cans that weigh
14
ounces each and bottles that weigh
70
ounces each. There is a combined total
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14
ounces each and bottles that weigh
70
ounces each. There is a combined total
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Question 986550: Michael has a job transporting soft drinks by truck. His truck is filled with cans that weigh
14
ounces each and bottles that weigh
70
ounces each. There is a combined total of
910
cans and bottles in his truck.
Let
x
be the number of
14
-ounce cans in his truck. Write an expression for the combined total weight (in ounces) of the cans and bottles in his truck. Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! You are told the total number of cans + bottles = 910. You are also told there are x cans.
So that means there are (910-x) bottles
The weight of total of both cans and bottles is
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