Question

A paper company needs to ship paper to a large printing business. The paper will be shipped in small boxes and large boxes. Each small box of paper weighs 50 pounds and each large box of paper weighs 80 pounds. A total of 28 boxes of paper were shipped weighing 1850 pounds altogether. Write a system of equations that could be used to determine the number of small boxes shipped and the number of large boxes shipped. Define the variables that you use to write the system.
Answer
Attempt 1 out of 2

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System of Equations:

Answer 1

Let s = number of small boxes and l = number of large boxes.

System:
s + l = 28
50s + 80l = 1850

(You can simplify the second equation by dividing by 10: 5s + 8l = 185.)