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The first truck in a convoy will carry 12 tons of dirt while each additional truck will carry 8 tons of dirt. Write a rule to model th situation. Then use the rule to find how many tons of dirt can be carried by 7 trucks. Let n represent the number of trucks and t represent the tons of dirt.

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12 + 8n = t

68 tons of dirt will be hauled
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