Latoya 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 800 cans and bottles in her truck.

Question

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

hint:
if there are x cans and you have 800 cans and bottles, wouldn't the number of bottles be 800-x ?