Question

mr williamson bought 4 boxes of chewy granola bars in five boxes of crunchy granola bars. Each box contains the same number of granola bars. He took all 72 granola bars to a class picnic. How many granola bars are in each box?

Answer 1

8

Explanation:

Total amount of boxes is 9 so divide the total number of boxes into the total granolas. So 72/9=8

Answer 2

Step 1: Write an equation.

✔ 4x + 5x = 72

Step 2: Identify and combine like terms.

✔ 9x = 72

Step 3: Use the properties of equality and inverse operations to solve the equation.

✔ x = 8