SOLUTION: A robot manufacturer must produce a total of 1260 robots in one week, including both building robots and destroying robots. The number of building robots needs to be 3.5 times the

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Question 1185016: A robot manufacturer must produce a total of 1260 robots in one week, including both building robots and destroying robots. The number of building robots needs to be 3.5 times the number of destroying robots. How many of each should they make?
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x = # of destroying robots
3.5x = # of building robots

The total number of robots is 1260:

x%2B3.5x=1260

Solve using basic algebra....