Question

Hong 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 960 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 weigh (in ounces) of the cans and bottles in his truck.

Answer 1

define the variables

x= number of 14-ounce cans

y=number of 70-ounce bottles

T= total weight in ounces

write the expression multiplying the cans and bottles for the respective weight

`14x+70y=T`