Question

Jessica stacks some books in a storage crate that weighs 6 pounds. Each book weighs 1 3/4 pounds.. The total weight of the crate with all the books in it is 11 1/4 pounds.

What is an equation that can be used to find n, the number of books in the crate?

Answer 1

@563blackghost

Answer 2

@KamiBug

Answer 3

What do you think? :)

Answer 4

im not sure

Answer 5

Well, n represents the number of books, and n can be multiplied by 1.75 since that's how much each book weighs. We can add 6 to 1.75n because the total also counts the weight of the crate. And lastly it's set equal to 11.75.
Like this...
\[11.75 = 1.75n + 6\]
Do you get it? :)

Answer 6

oh, i get it now! thnx!!!