Question

A farmer ships oranges in wooden crates. Suppose each orange weighs the same amount. The total weight of a crate filled with g oranges is 24.5 pounds. Write an equation that represents the relationship between the weight of the crate and the number of oranges it contains.

Empty crate:15 ib
Orange:0.38 ib
24.5=___+___×___​

Answer 1

If each orange weighs the same amount, and there are g oranges in the crate, then the total weight of the oranges in the crate is 0.38g pounds.

The weight of the empty crate is 15 pounds.

Therefore, the total weight of the crate filled with g oranges is 15 + 0.38g pounds.

We can write this relationship as:

Weight of crate = 15 + 0.38g

And we can substitute the given value of 24.5 pounds to get:

24.5 = 15 + 0.38g

Simplifying this equation, we get:

0.38g = 9.5

g = 25

Therefore, the crate contains 25 oranges.