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Dennis_Churaev [7]
1 year ago
11

A mail clerk found that the total weight of 155 packages was 815 pounds. if each of the packages weighed either 3 pounds or 8 po

unds, how many of the packages weighed 8 pounds?
Mathematics
2 answers:
Mamont248 [21]1 year ago
7 0

Answer:

70 packages of 8 pounds each

Step-by-step explanation:

A mail clerk found that the total weight of 155 packages was 815 pounds.

If each of the packages weighed either 3 pounds or 8 pounds.

Let x number of package of 3 pounds and y number of packages of 8 pounds

Total number of packages are 155

Thus,  x + y = 155 ------- ------(1)

Total weight of 3 pound package = 3x

Total weight of 8 pound package = 8y

Total weight of 155 packages = 815

Thus, 3x + 8y = 815 -----------(2)

Solving equation 1 and equation 2

Multiply first equation by -3

-3x - 3y = -465

3x + 8y =  815

        5y = 350

          y = 70

Hence, The number of packages of weighted 8 pounds are 70

8090 [49]1 year ago
3 0
For this on you need to set up two equations
x + y = 155 total number of packages
3x+8y=815 total weight
Then multiply both sides of the first equation by 3: 3x +3y = 465
Then combine the two equations by subtracting the first one from the second one which gets you 5y=350 so y = 70 so we have 70 packages weighting 8 pounds. 
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