Question

Jessie works at a car manufacturing plant. One day she installed a total of 46 axles, 2 in each car she worked on. She wants to know how many
cars she installed axles on. You can write an equation that relates the total number of cars, the total number of axles, and the number of axles
installed per car. This equation will have two known quantities and one unknown quantity.
Part A
Write an equation forj, the number of cars Jessie installed axles in.
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Answer 1

Answer:

            23 cars

Step-by-step explanation:

total number of cars:    x

the total number of axles:    46

and the number of axles  installed per car:   2

2 axles in each car, then total instaled axles:  2•x

2•x = 46

x = 46÷2

x = 23