Question

A grocery store recieves a 180-pound crate containing six 10-pound bags of potatos and an unknown number of 5-pound bags of potatoes. Write an equation that represents the number of bags of potatos in the crate. (THIS IS TWO-STEP EQUATIONS! Except I don't know how to do it. Help is needed!)

Answer 1

Answer:

$60+5x = 180$    

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the number of bags of potatoes be x.

We have been given that a grocery store receives a 180-pound crate containing six 10-pound bags of potatoes and an unknown number of 5-pound bags of potatoes.

The weight of 6 potato bags of 10 pound each will be $6\times 10=60$ pounds.

We can write an equation for the number of bags of potatoes by equating the weight of six 10-pound bags of potatoes and x 5-pound bags of potatoes with 180 pounds.  

$6*10+5x = 180$

$60+5x = 180$

Therefore, the equation that represents the number of bags of potatoes in the crate is $60+5x = 180$.