Question

Debra has a job transporting soft drinks by truck. Her truck is filled with cans that weigh 14 ounces each and bottles that weigh 70 ounces each. There is a combined total of 880 cans and bottles in her truck. Let be the number of 14-ounce cans in her truck. Write an expression for the combined total weight (in ounces) of the cans and bottles in her truck.

Answer 1

Answer:

14C + 70B

Step-by-step explanation:

Let us represent:

The number of cans = C

The number of bottles = B

Her truck is filled with cans that weigh 14 ounces each and bottles that weigh 70 ounces each. There is a combined total of 880 cans and bottles in her truck.

The expression for the combined total weight (in ounces) of the cans and bottles in her truck is given as

Total weight in out = 14 × C + 70 × B

= 14C + 70B

When:

C + B = 880