Question

Elsa 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 820 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

number of cans --- x
number of bottles -- 820-x

total weight = 14x + 70(820-x)