Horatio wants to ship a batch of 8 machine parts. The packaging for each part weighs 2 pounds. If each part weighs x pounds, which expression represents the total weight of the parts and their packaging? And if each part weighs 6 pounds, what will the total weight of the shipment be?

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Mathematics

Jonathan

12 October, 15:45

Horatio wants to ship a batch of 8 machine parts. The packaging for each part weighs 2 pounds. If each part weighs x pounds, which expression represents the total weight of the parts and their packaging? And if each part weighs 6 pounds, what will the total weight of the shipment be?

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Noemi Nolan · Answer 1

Here is what we know:

8 machine parts

each part = x pouunds

packaging for each part is 2 pounds so 16 pounds for packaging

If y=total weight wiith that information we can form this equation

y=8x + 16

If each part equals 6 pounds the total shipment will be

y=8x+16

y=8 (6) + 16

y = 48 + 16

y=64