Box of T-shirts

Question

An empty shipping box weighs 250 grams. The box is then filled with T-shirts. Each T-shirt weighs 132.5 grams. 

The equation  represents the relationship between the quantities in this situation, where  is the weight, in grams, of the filled box, and  the number of shirts in the box. 

1. Name two possible solutions to the equation . What do the solutions mean in this situation?
2. Consider the equation . In this situation, what does the solution to this equation tell us?

Answer 1

HI Kara A

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If you know the number of T-shirts you can calculate the total weight

If you know the total weight W you can calculate the number of shirts T

(W - 250)/132.50 = T

2.

With the equation above you can solve for T and find the number of shirts