Question

Marco and Drew stacked boxes on a shelf. Marco lifted 9 boxes and Drew lifted 14 boxes. The boxes that Drew lifted each weighed 8 lb less than the boxes Marco lifted. Let m represent the weight of the boxes that Marco lifted. What expression represents the total number of pounds Drew lifted?

A. 112m

B. 9(m+8)

C. 14(m−8)

D. m−8

Answer 1

The answer should be B.9(m+8) because every box that drew lifted was 8 pounds if m stands for the amount each box weighed for marco then it would be 9(m+8) bc theres 9 boxes that marco has.