Question

A delivery truck is transporting boxes of two sizes: large and small. The combined weight of a large box and a small box is 85 pounds. The truck is transportin

65 large boxes and 55 small boxes. If the truck is carrying a total of 5275 pounds in boxes, how much does each type of box weigh?
Note that the ALEKS graphing calculator can be used to make computations easier.
Large box: pounds

Answer 1

The weight of the large box is 60 pounds

The weight of the small box is 25 pounds

How to get the weight

Weight of small box = 85 - x

Number of large box = 65

Number of small box = 55

total pounds = 5275

we have

65 * x + 55( 85 - x) = 5275

65x + 4675 - 55x = 5275

65x - 55x = 5275 - 4675

10x = 600

x = 600 / 10

x = 60

Weight of small box = 85 - x

85 - 60

= 25

The weight of the large box is 60 pounds

The weight of the small box is 25 pounds