Chocolate Boxes Weight

They delivered 75 kg of chocolates to 214 candy boxes at the Orion plant. Some weighed 500 g, others 250 g. How many boxers were there?

Final Answer:

a =  86
b =  128

Step-by-step explanation:


a+b=214
0.500 a + 0.250b = 75

a+b=214
0.500·a + 0.250·b = 75

a+b = 214
0.5a+0.25b = 75

Row 2 - 0.5 · Row 1 → Row 2
a+b = 214
-0.25b = -32


b = -32/-0.25 = 128
a = 214-b = 214-128 = 86

a = 86
b = 128

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