A delivery truck is transporting boxes of two sizes: large and small. The large boxes weigh 45 pounds each, and the small boxes weigh 15 pounds each. There are 110 boxes in all. If the truck is carrying a total of 3150 pounds in boxes, how many of each type of box is it carrying? Note that the ALEKS graphing calculator can be used to make computations easier. Number of large boxes: Number of small boxes: X

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A delivery truck is transporting boxes of two sizes: large and small. The large boxes weigh 45 pounds each, and the small
boxes weigh 15 pounds each. There are 110 boxes in all. If the truck is carrying a total of 3150 pounds in boxes, how many
of each type of box is it carrying?
Note that the ALEKS graphing calculator can be used to make computations easier.
Number of large boxes:
Number of small boxes:
X
Transcribed Image Text:A delivery truck is transporting boxes of two sizes: large and small. The large boxes weigh 45 pounds each, and the small boxes weigh 15 pounds each. There are 110 boxes in all. If the truck is carrying a total of 3150 pounds in boxes, how many of each type of box is it carrying? Note that the ALEKS graphing calculator can be used to make computations easier. Number of large boxes: Number of small boxes: X
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