Question

Mara carried water bottles to the field to share with her team at halftime. The water bottles weighed a total of 60x2 + 48x + 24 ounces.
Which factorization could represent the number of water bottles and weight of each water bottle?

Answer 1

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Question reads "Mara carried water bottles to the field to share with her team at halftime. The water bottles weighed a total of $\bold{60x^2 + 48x + 24}$ ounces. Which factorization could represent the number of water bottles and weight of each water bottle?"

• Firstly, let's find out our factors of the equation

• $\bold{60x^2=2(2)(3)(5)(x)(x)}$ (we get two "$\bold{x's}$" because  it forms our "square root")

• $\bold{48x=2(2)(2)(3)(2)(x)}$

• $\bold{24=2(2)(3)(2)}$
• Look for the common factor of the equation it should help you locate your answer: $\bold{2(2)(3)=12}$
• $\boxed{\boxed{\bold{Answer:12(5x^2+4x+2)}}}$ $\checkmark$

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