Duval county landscaping uses two different sized trucks to deliver mulch. the first truck can deliver x amount of cubic yards of mulch and the second y cubic yards.

truck x takes 12 trips, truck y takes 14

write an expression that represents the difference in total number of cubic yards

that the first truck delivers to the second.

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Tori Wong

Mathematics

13 August, 00:00

Duval county landscaping uses two different sized trucks to deliver mulch. the first truck can deliver x amount of cubic yards of mulch and the second y cubic yards.

truck x takes 12 trips, truck y takes 14

write an expression that represents the difference in total number of cubic yards

that the first truck delivers to the second.

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Claire Oneal · Answer 1

The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: "You're trying to find the difference in amount that truck one can carry compared to truck two. Truck two can make 14 trips and truck one can make twelve. To show the difference, you use the equation 12x-14y.