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OpenStudy (anonymous):

In Johnson Corporation, the first shift produced 8 1/2 times as many lightbulbs as the second shift. If the total lightbulbs produced was 24,700, how many lightbulbs were produced on shift #2?

OpenStudy (aripotta):

you'd have to set up an equation that represents the information given. so x would be the amount of light bulbs produced during shift 2. 8.5x + x = 24700

OpenStudy (aripotta):

so what would be our first step in finding what x is?

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