ricky bought 5 boxes of apples. the lightest box weighed 20 pounds. the heaviest box weighed 26 pounds. what is the total weight of the apple boxes?

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e.mccormick · Answer

It sounds like there is more to the problem, or it is related to a particularsection of  homework assignment.  For example, if this is meant to find a range of possible weights or an average, that changes things.  The average can be estmiated by the two, then multiplied by the total number of boxes. On the other hand, the range would be four of the lightest and one heavy to one of the lightest and four heavy.