SOLUTION: Produce company has 3600 lb. of peaches to package into boxes. Half of the boxes will be loose filled, each containing 20lb of peaches and the others will be packed with 8 lb. c

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Question 854341: Produce company has 3600 lb. of peaches to package into boxes.
Half of the boxes will be loose filled, each containing 20lb of peaches and the others will be packed with 8 lb. clamshells, each containing 2.2 lb. of peaches.

Determine the muber of boxes and the number of clamshells that are required.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Lisa
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x = number of loose fill boxes with 20 pounds peaches each
y = number of boxes to include the 8 pounds clamshells and 2.2 pounds peaches each

The "half the boxes" description means highlight_green%28x=y%29.
Most of the focus is on the peaches and the boxes.

highlight_green%2820x%2B2.2y=3600%29, accounting for quantity of peaches;
Substitute either x or y;
2x%2B2.2x=3600 because x=y, "half the boxe...".
4.2x=3600
x=3600%2F4.2
x=857%2Bfraction... plus some fraction. Either something is wrong with the description, or I made a mistake but right now, I tend to expect a faulty description.