Problema Solution

Aldo has a job transporting soft drinks by truck. His truck is filled with cans that weigh 14 ounces each and bottles that weigh 70 ounces each. There is a combined total of 850 cans and bottles in his truck.

Let x be the number of 14-ounce cans in his truck. Write an expression for the combined total weight (in ounces) of the cans and bottles in his truck.

Answer provided by our tutors

We can write:


x(14)+(850-x)70=total weight


Where '14' and '70' are the weights of each can/bottle and '850-x' is the number of bottles.