Felipe 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 800 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.

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8 July, 23:23

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Sloane Hall · Answer 1

Hello,

Let x be the number of 14-ounce cans

800-x be the number of bottles

Total weight=14*x+70 * (800-x) = 14x+56000-70x=56000-56x=56 (1000-x)