Question

An office supply company offers a number of different packages to help save their customers money. One of the packages includes pencils, 20 boxes of push pins, and

20 boxes of printer Ink. If the total number of boxes in the package is 56, use the formula x + 2(20) = 56 to find the number of boxes of pencils that come in the
package.

Answer 1

16 boxes of pencils are included in the package

Explanation:

x + 2(20) = 56

where x is representing the number of boxes of pencils in the package

x + 40 = 56

x = 56 - 40 = 16

thus,

16 boxes of pencils are included in the package