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David 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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David 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 790 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. Found 2 solutions by solver91311, stanbon:Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
If is the number of cans, and 790 is the number of cans and bottles, then the number of bottles must be . The weight of the cans is and the weight of the bottles is . So the equation that gives the total weight as a function of the number of cans is:
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
You can put this solution on YOUR website! David 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 790 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.
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T(x)= 14x + 70(790-x)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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