A drinks factory packed their drinks into red and yellow boxes. There were 24 more red boxes than yellow boxes. Each red box con
tained 60 packets of milk and each yellow box contained 75 packets of fruit juice. There were 120 fewer of milk than packets of fruit juice in all
boxes.
(a) How many yellow boxes were used ?
(b) How many packets of milk were packed into the the red boxes?
boxes.
(a) How many yellow boxes were used ?
(b) How many packets of milk were packed into the the red boxes?
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Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
3x - 6y = 24
Divide both sides by 6:
(3/6)x - (6/6)y = 24/6
Simplify:
(1/2)x - y = 4
Move y to the right side, 4 to the left side, and change sign of y and 4:
(1/2)x - 4 = y
Rearrange both sides:
y= (1/2)x - 4
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