Question

Harvey the Huge once lifted a box filled with 100 bricks and 50 rocks. Each brick weighed 10 pounds. The rocks were all fairly small. What is the total weight of what Harvey lifted?

Answer 1

50(20 + t) pounds

Explanation:

Let the weight of each fairly small rock be represented by t pounds.

Each brick weighs 10 pounds, then:

the weight of 100 bricks = 100 x 10

= 1 000 pounds

Each rock weighs t pounds, then:

the weight of 50 rocks = 50 x t

= 50t pounds

Therefore, the total weight of what Harvey lifted = total weight of bricks + total weight of rocks

= 1 000 + 50t

= 50(20 + t) pounds