Question

A delivery truck is transporting boxes of two sizes: large and small. The large boxes weigh 55 pounds each, and the small boxes weigh 20 pounds each. There are 125 boxes in all

Answer 1

Answer:

The number of large boxes is 55 and the number of small boxes is 70

Step-by-step explanation:

The complete question is

A delivery truck is transporting boxes of two sizes: large and small. The large boxes weigh 50 pounds each, and the small boxes weigh 20 pounds each. There are 125 boxes in all. If the truck is carrying a total of 4150 pounds in boxes, how many of each type of box is it carrying?

Let

x ------> the number of large boxes

y -----> the number of small boxes

we know that

$x+y=125$ -----> equation A

$50x+20y=4,150$ ----> equation B

Solve the system by graphing

Remember that the solution of the system of equations is the intersection point both graphs

The intersection point is (55,70)

therefore

The number of large boxes is 55 and the number of small boxes is 70