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Isabel 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 950 cans and bottles in her truck.
Let x 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

If we let x be cans, then let y represent bottles

Answer 2

hence the total weight would be the weight of how many bottles she has + the weight of how many cans she has

Answer 3

so say x represents bottles, how much does x bottles weigh?

Answer 4

17x right?

Answer 5

because 1 bottles weighs 17ounces (i.e when x=1... and so on)

Answer 6

sorry, x is cans not bottles. sorry for any confusion

Answer 7

oops, cans weigh14 ounces not 17 haha my typing is poor

Answer 8

its ok i figured what u meant

Answer 9

so x=14

Answer 10

no, x is a can

Answer 11

oh

Answer 12

14ounces is how much one can weighs

Answer 13

so how much would 2 cans weigh (i.e x=2)...it would be 14*2=28ounces right?

Answer 14

28

Answer 15

good

Answer 16

so how much would x cans weigh and y bottles weigh

Answer 17

so x cans would weigh 14x and y bottles would weigh 70y

Answer 18

hence, total weight = 14x+70y if we combine the bottles and cans right?

Answer 19

yes

Answer 20

good so we also know that x+y=950 (no. of cans and bottles) and total weight=14x+70y

Answer 21

seems here we aren't told how many bottles and cans of each there are, only that there are 950 cans and bottles together

Answer 22

im confused lol
x = 14 ounce cans
bottles are 70 ounces
950 total
Write an expression for the combined total weight (in ounces) of the cans and bottles in her truck.

Answer 23

no x does not equal 14

Answer 24

14 represents HOW MUCH x weighs

Answer 25

so we write it as 14x

Answer 26

yes u are sorry that came out wrong

Answer 27

because if i said i was holding two cans, that means x=2 which also means 2 cans weighs, 14x=14*x=28 ounces

Answer 28

14x+70(950-x) ???

Answer 29

that irrelevent to be honest,

our expression is simply:

Total weight = 14x+70y

Answer 30

it seems that 950 cans and bottles is redundant for the total weight expression unless we know how many cans and bottles there are

Answer 31

thanks but i inputted that answer and it was correct

Answer 32

haha interesting... that only gives an expression for the weight of bottles haha

Answer 33

im just being pedantic thats all. the problem statement needs re-wording if thats the answer

Answer 34

but well done!