Teddy has 23 boxes of juice packed and plans to pack 3 additional boxes each hour. Charely has 7 boxes packed and plans to pack
5 additional boxes each hour. The equation below represents when Teddy and Charely will have packed the same number of boxes, based on x number of hours. 23+3x=5x+7
After hour many hours will Charely have packed the same number of juice boxes as Teddy?
The equation is already set up for you. All you need to do is solve for x, the number of hours.
23 + 3x = 5x + 7 original equation 23 - 7 = 5x - 3x combine like terms by subtracting 7 and 3x from both sides 16 = 2x simplify 16/2 = x divide both sides by 2 to isolate x 8 = x solve for x Therefore, the answer is 8 hrs.
