Question

A firefighter uses equipment that weighs 60 pounds. The firefighter weighs x pounds. Which equation can be used to find t, the total weight of both the firefighter and its equipment in pounds?

A. t=60x
B. t=x+60
C. t=60-x
D. t=y-60

Answer 1

The answer would be b because we need the combined weight of the firefight er and the equipment and when u combine it is addition

Answer 2

Since the total weight would be equal to the weight of the firefighter added to the weight of the equipment, the total weight would be x+60. So the answer is B. t=x+60

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