Answer to Question #349260 in Algebra for Chante

Question

The school provided five hundred juice boxes and six hundred and fifty water bottles on a sports day. Two hundred fifty-six learners participated in different sporting codes, and each received two water bottles and one juice box.

4.1.1 What is the total number of water bottles and juice boxes that remained from the sports day?

Answer 1

Solution:

Let's denote given values:

$j=500$ - total received juice boxes;

$w=650$ - total received water bottles;

$l=256$ - number of participated learners;

$j1=l=256$ - used juice boxes by learner;

$w1=l\times2=504$ - used water bottles by learners;

Find:

$wr$ - remained water bottles from sports day;

$jr$ - remained juice boxes from sports day.

So,

$wr=w-w1=650-504=146;$

$jr=j-j1=500-256=244;$

Answer:

$wr=146;$

$jr=244.$