Mr. Williamson bought 4 boxes of chewy granola bars and 5 boxes of crunchy granola bars. Each box contained the same number of g
ranola bars. He took all 72 granola bars to the class picnic. How many granola bars were in each box? Let x represent the number of granola bars in each box.
Step 1: Write an equation.
Step 2: Identify and combine like terms.
Step 3: Use the properties of equality and inverse operations to solve the equation.