Question

Liam makes soap sculptures of sea turtles. Each sculpture weighs pound. He ships them in a wooden box that weighs 2 pounds The total weight of the box filled with the sea turtles s 5 pounds. How many sea turtles are in the box Show your work​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The box when shipped is 5 pounds

The box alone = 2 pounds Subtract

What's left is 3 pounds

1 sea turtle weighs 1 pound

3 sea turtles weigh x

1/3 = 1 / x Cross multiply

1*x = 3*1

x = 3

He ships 3 sea turtles.