Question

Neve has 12 full boxes of jars of slime and 7 loose jars of slime. If Neve has a total of 187 jars of slime, which equation can be used to find the number of jars in each box?

Answer 1

15 jars in each box

Explanation:

linear equation:

12*N + 7

Now we know that Neve has 187 jars in total, then we can write:

12*N + 7 = 187

We want to find the value of N, which is the number of jars in each box, so we need to solve the linear equation:

12*N + 7 = 187

12*N = 187 - 7

12*N = 180

N = 180/12 = 15