Question

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

Answer 1

some symbols are missing I think

Answer 2

it says "and bottles that weigh ounces each"

but I think the number is missing

Answer 3

its supposed to say 70 ounces each

Answer 4

and a combined total of 860 cans and bottles

Answer 5

so the question would be " Brian has a job transporting soft drinks by truck. His truck is filled with cans that weigh 14 ounces each and bottles that 70 weigh ounces each. There is a combined total of 860 cans and bottles in his truck.
Let X be the number of 14-ounce cans in his truck. Write an expression for the combined total weight (in ounces) of the cans and bottles in his truck.

Answer 6

Let X be the number of 14-ounce cans in his truck

If has has x cans, then he has 14x ounces total for just the cans alone

If there are 860 cans and bottles, then there must be 860-x bottles

So this means that the total weight of all the bottles is 70(860-x) ounces

Answer 7

The total weight is therefore

14x + 70(860-x)

14x + 70(860)+70(-x)

14x + 60200 - 70x

-56x+60200

Answer 8

so the answer is -56x+60200?

Answer 9

yes that's the total weight in ounces of the x cans and 860-x bottles