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lord [1]
3 years ago
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Karen is writing a word problem that can be represented by the equation 3x + 2 = 20. A box weighs 3 pounds and several 2 pound b

ooks are put in the box. The total weight of the box and books is 20 pounds. How many books are in the box? Does her word problem fit the equation? Justify your response.
Please answer ASAP!
I will mark you as the brainliest!
Please give me a reasonable answer!
No plagiarism pleaseee!
Mathematics
1 answer:
inna [77]3 years ago
3 0
No because the box has a fixed weight as the several books weighing said pounds would most likely to be use as the x in this equation.
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