A furniture store sells kits that customers use to build cabinets. Each kit contains 18 screws and a set number of boards. Jarred buys 6 of these kits and has a total of 192 screws and boards. He writes the equation shown to represent the situation.

Question

6(x + 18) = 192

What is the value of X in Jarred's equation?

(1 point)
Responses

11
11

14
14

29
29

35
35

Answer 1

The value of X in Jarred's equation is 29.

6(x + 18) = 192
6(x) + 6(18) = 192
6x + 108 = 192
6x = 192 - 108
6x = 84
x = 84 / 6
x = 14