Sally has x books that weigh 2 pounds each and 8 books that weigh 3 pounds each. the total weight of her books is 62 pounds. which equation below could be used to find how many …

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Denis Balko · Answer 1 · 2019-10-07T06:57:39+0000

if Sally has x books that are 2 pounds then her x books weights a total of 2x lbs.

8 books of 3 lbs weights 8*3=24lbs

All them add up to 62, therefore we can conclude to the equation :
2x+24=62
or we can simplify to
2x=38
or even
x=19

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