Question

Ravi 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 860 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.

Answer 1

14x + 70y = 860
where 'x' is the number of cans and 'y' is number of bottles.