SOLUTION: Solve: to transport 60 tones of load a certain number of trucks were required.
since the road was in bad condition each truck load was reduced by 0.5 ton . Therefore another 4 tru
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since the road was in bad condition each truck load was reduced by 0.5 ton . Therefore another 4 tru
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Question 132192: Solve: to transport 60 tones of load a certain number of trucks were required.
since the road was in bad condition each truck load was reduced by 0.5 ton . Therefore another 4 trucks werenecessary
to carry out this job.How many trucks were required originally? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = the original number of trucks used was the tons per truck
The problems says each truck load was reduced by 0.5 ton is the adjusted load per truck
Four more trucks were needed
multiply both sides by
subtract from both sides
multiply both sides by
solve by completing the square
Twenty trucks were required originally
check answer:
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