Question

A delivery truck is transporting boxes of two sizes large and small the combined way of a large box and a small box is 80 pounds the truck is transporting 60 large boxes and 55 small boxes if the truck is carrying a total of 4650 pounds in boxes, How much does each type of box way?

Answer 1

the small box be 30 and the large box be 50

Explanation:

The computation of the each box is as follows:

Let us assume the small box be x

And, the large box be y

Now the equations are

x + y = 80........ (1)

55x + 60y = 4,650 ........(2)

Now multiplied by 55 in equation 1

55x + 55y = 4,400

55x + 60y = 4,650

-5y = -250

y = 50

Now x = 80 - 50

= 30

Hence, the small box be 30 and the large box be 50