Question

Felipe has a job transporting soft drinks by truck. his truck is filled with cans that weigh 14 ounces each and bottles that weigh 70 ounces each. there is a combined total of 800 cans and bottles in his truck. let x be the number of 14 -ounce cans in his truck. write an expression for the combined total weight (in ounces) of the cans and bottles in his truck.

Answer 1

Hello,

Let x be the number of 14-ounce cans

800-x be the number of bottles

Total weight=14*x+70*(800-x)=14x+56000-70x=56000-56x=56(1000-x)