<PRE><B>Question 1191150</B>
A delivery truck is transporting boxes of two sizes large and small the large boxes is weighed 55 pounds each and a small box is weighed 25 pounds each there are 120 boxes in all. If the trick is carrying a total of 4950 pounds in boxes, how many of each type of boxes is it carrying
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L + S = 120 --- # of boxes
55L + 25S = 4950 ----- Total weight
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11L + 5S = 990  ---- Weight divided by 5
5L + 5S = 600 ------ Boxes times 5
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6L = 390
L = 65 large boxes
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