Question

Diane has a job transporting soft drinks by truck . her trucks is filled with cans that weigh 14 once each and bottles that weigh 70 once each. there is a combined total of 910 cans and bottles in her truck.let x be the number of 14- ounce cans in her truck. write an expression for the combined total weight (in ounces) of the cans and bottles in her truck

Answer 1

If x is the number of 14 ounce cans and there are a combined total of 870 cans and bottles then 910 - x is the number of 70 ounce bottles

The combined total weight (W) of the cans and bottles is:

`\begin{gathered} W=14x+70(910-x) \\ W=14x+63700-70x \\ W=-56x+63700 \end{gathered}`