Question

Terri and Kay are stocking cereal boxes in a middle aisle for a store display.

Together, they stocked 60 cereal boxes on the display. Kay stocked 8 more than of the 1/3 boxes that Terri
stocked. Which system of equations can be used to determine the number of cereal boxes Terri stocked
and the number of cereal boxes Kay stocked for the store display?
Let x represent the number of boxes Terri stocked and y represent the number of boxes Kay stocked.

Answer 1

x = 26

y = 34

Explanation:

Let the boxes stocked by Terri = x

Therefore the boxes stocked by Kay = x + 8 because he stocked 8 more boxes

Hence since they both stocked 60 boxes

x+x+8 = 60

2x = 60 - 8

2x = 52

divide both sides by 2

x = 26

Terri stocked 26 boxes and Kay stocked 26+8 boxes = 34 boxes