Chin canned a number of quart jars and a number of pint jars of tomatoes from his garden. A pint is 16 ounces and a quart is 32 ounces. The number of pints he canned is represented by p, and the number of quarts he canned is represented by q. Which equation models the scenario if Chin canned a total of 1,280 ounces?

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Question

Chin canned a number of quart jars and a number of pint jars of tomatoes from his garden. A pint is 16 ounces and a quart is 32 ounces. The number of pints he canned is represented by p, and the number of quarts he canned is represented by q. Which equation models the scenario if Chin canned a total of 1,280 ounces?

mod note: Please do not give away the answer directly. Low-effort and/or plagiarized answers will be removed.

Mercury · Answer

if 1 pint is 16 oz, then naturally the number of oz canned from the pint jars is (16)(number of pint jars)

same logic with the 32 oz quart jars ---> (32)(number of quart jars)

add them up, set them equal to 1280 oz, and find the matching equation