Mrs. Nelson is buying bottles of hand sanitizer for her employees. She already has 25

Question

bottles in her office and needs a total of 200
bottles. They are sold in boxes of 20
. Write an equation to show how many more boxes of hand sanitizer she needs.

Answer 1

Let's denote the number of boxes Mrs. Nelson needs to buy as \( x \).

1. Mrs. Nelson currently has 25 bottles.
2. She needs a total of 200 bottles.
3. Each box contains 20 bottles.

The total number of bottles she will have after buying \( x \) boxes is the sum of the bottles she already has and the bottles from the boxes she buys. This can be expressed as:

\[ 25 + 20x \]

We want this total to equal 200 bottles, so we can set up the equation:

\[ 25 + 20x = 200 \]

This equation shows how many more boxes of hand sanitizer Mrs. Nelson needs to purchase.