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You are part of a railroad crew that is connecting empty boxcars to a locomotive. You hitch 13 boxcars before lunch and 6 more after lunch. The total weight of covered wagons is 627 tons. Write and solve an equation to find the weight of each boxcar.

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Answer:

627 / (13+6) = x so x = 33

Explanation:

13 + 6 = 19, so if we divided 627 tons by 19 boxcars, each boxcar would weigh about 66 tons each.

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