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Question 875037: A delivery truck is transporting boxes of two sizes: large and small. The large boxes weigh 55 pounds each, and the small boxes weigh 35 pounds each. There are 130 boxes in all. If the truck is carrying a total of 5950pounds in boxes, how many of each type of box is it carrying?
Number of large boxes:
Number of small boxes: Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let x be the number of 55 lb boxes and 130-x be the number of 35 lb boxes.
55x+35(130-x)=5950
55x+4550-35x=5950
20x=1400
x=70
130-70=60
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Ed
