Question

An empty shipping box weighs 250 grams. The box is then filled with T-shirts. Each T- shirt weighs 132,5 grams. The equation W = 250+ 132.57 represents the relationship between the quantities in this situation where W is the weight, in grams of the filled box and T is the number of shirts in the box. Name two possible solutions to the equation W = 250+ 132.57. What do the solutions mean in this situation?

Answer 1

Two possible solutions for the equation W = 250 + 132.5T could be 382.5 grams for one T-shirt (T=1) and 515 grams for two T-shirts (T=2), representing the weight of the filled box with the respective number of T-shirts.

Step-by-step explanation:

The equation W = 250 + 132.5T represents the total weight W, in grams, of a shipping box filled with T-shirts, where T is the number of T-shirts in the box. To find two possible solutions, we pick values for T and solve for W. For example, if there is one T-shirt in the box (T=1), then the weight of the filled box will be W = 250 grams + 132.5 grams = 382.5 grams. If there are two T-shirts in the box (T=2), the weight will be W = 250 grams + (2 * 132.5 grams) = 515 grams. These solutions indicate the total weight of the box when it contains one or two T-shirts, respectively.