Question

A farmer ships oranges in wooden crates. Suppose each oranges weighs the same amount. The total weigh of a crate filled with g oranges is 24.5 pounds. Write and equation that represent the relationship between the weight of the number of oranges it contains.

24.5= + x

Answer 1

24.5 = gx

Explanation:

g is the number of oranges.

x can be the weight of each orange.

24.5 = gx (g times x)

The number of oranges multiplied by the weight of each orange gives the total weight.