A company uses 3 trucks to deliver a total of T liters of cement. Each truck can transport x liters of cement per trip, and makes a total of y trips.Write an equation that relates T, x, and y.
Q. A company uses 3 trucks to deliver a total of T liters of cement. Each truck can transport x liters of cement per trip, and makes a total of y trips.Write an equation that relates T, x, and y.
Problem Understanding: Understand the problem.We are given that a company uses 3 trucks to deliver cement. Each truck can transport x liters of cement per trip and makes y trips. We need to find an equation that relates the total liters of cement T, the liters of cement per trip x, and the number of trips y.
Total Liters by One Truck: Determine the total liters of cement delivered by one truck.If one truck can transport x liters of cement per trip and it makes y trips, then the total liters of cement delivered by one truck is the product of x and y.Total liters by one truck = x×y
Total Liters by All Trucks: Calculate the total liters of cement delivered by all trucks.Since there are 3 trucks and each truck delivers the same amount of cement, we multiply the total liters delivered by one truck by 3 to get the total liters of cement T delivered by all trucks.T=3×(x×y)
Simplifying the Equation: Simplify the equation.We can simplify the equation by multiplying the constants together.T=3xy
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