Wes owns a shop where he sells souvenirs. He ordered a shipment of boxes of huckleberry chocolates. Only threefourths of his order arrived. At that time he had 5 boxes left. Added to the new boxes, he had a total of 128 boxes of the chocolates.

a. Solve the equation 3/4b + 5 = 128 to find the number of boxes (b) that were supposed to be in the shipment. Explain how you solved the equation.

b. Check the solution to the equation from part a. Explain your method.

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Wes owns a shop where he sells souvenirs. He ordered a shipment of boxes of huckleberry chocolates. Only threefourths of his order arrived. At that time he had 5 boxes left. Added to the new boxes, he had a total of 128 boxes of the chocolates.

a. Solve the equation 3/4b + 5 = 128 to find the number of boxes (b) that were supposed to be in the shipment. Explain how you solved the equation.

b. Check the solution to the equation from part a. Explain your method.

anonymous · Answer

the equation in a. is $$\frac{ 3 }{ 4 }b + 5 = 128$$

mathmale · Answer

Simply solve (3/4)b + 5 = 128 for b.
I'd start by multiplying all 3 terms in this equation by 4, to remove fractions.

Do that, please.  Then combine the constants.  Then solve for b.