Question

A summer camp is organizing a hike and needs to buy granola bars for the campers. The granola bars come in small boxes and large boxes. Each small box has 12 granola bars and each large box has 18 granola bars. The camp bought 3 more large boxes than small boxes, which altogether had 264 granola bars. Determine the number of small boxes purchased and the number of large boxes purchased.

Answer 1

Answer:

No of small boxes=7

No of big boxes=7+3=10

Step-by-step explanation:

Let No of small boxes purchased=x

so no of big boxes purchase=x+3

Total granola bars =12x+18(x+3)=264

12x+18x+54=264

30x=210

x=7

So

No of small boxes=7

No of big boxes=7+3=10

Answer 2

Answer:

small boxes- 7

large boxes- 10

Step-by-step explanation:

1 small box= 12 granola bars

1 large box= 18 granola bars

large boxes= 3+small boxes. ( let the number of small boxes be denoted by x.)

so, l= 3+x

total number of boxes= (x)12 + (3+x)18=264

= 12x + 54 + 18x= 264

= 30x + 54= 264

= (x= 7)

Thus small boxes (x) = 7

and large boxes (3+x)= 10