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Your grandmother made 240 oz of jelly. You have two types of jars. The first holds 10 oz, and the second holds 12 oz. Write an equation that represents the different numbers of 10-oz jars, \(x\), and 12-oz jars, \(y\), that will hold all the jelly.

Answer :

Answer:

Twenty four ten ounce jars and twenty twelve ounce jars

Step-by-step explanation:

The equation is 10x + 12y = 240.

To determine the number of 10-oz jars (x) and 12-oz jars (y) that can hold 240oz of jelly, we can set up the following equation representing the total volume of jelly that the jars must hold:

10x + 12y = 240

This equation implies that the total amount of jelly held by the 10-oz jars (10 times the number of those jars) plus the total amount held by the 12-oz jars (12 times the number of those jars) will equal the total 240oz of jelly that the grandmother made.

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