Question

Cleo shipped 9 boxes through the mail. Each box weighs the same. They weighed 432 pounds altogether. 2 boxes were returned to him. How much did the two boxes weigh?

Answer 1

Answer:

96 pounds

Step-by-step explanation: so Cleo shipped  9 boxes and they all weigh the same and all together they weigh 432 lb (pounds), then he got two boxes back, so to find the weight of the two boxes we need to find out how much one box weighs. to do that we need to divide 432 lb by 9, and that gets us 48. now that's the weight  of one box. to find the weight of two boxes then we need to add 48 to 48 and that gets us 96 lb. and that's the weight of two boxes.

Answer 2

Answer:

96 pounds

Step-by-step explanation:

432 pounds =9 boxes

=1 box

=432 pounds/9 boxes

= 48 pounds per box

1 box =48 pounds

2 boxes=?

=48×2

=96pounds