In a toy factory, an employee has built 6 wagons and is building more at a rate of 2 wagons per hour. A new automated machine is being tested and it can build 3 wagons per hour. Before long, the employee and the machine will have built an equal number of wagons. How many wagons will each have built? How long will it take for the number of wagons to be the same? substitution method.

In a toy factory, an employee has built 6 wagons and is building more at a rate of 2 wagons per hour. A new automated machine is being tested and it can build 3 wagons per hour. Before long, the employee and the machine will have built an equal number of wagons. How many wagons will each have built? How long will it take for the number of wagons to be the same? substitution method.

College Algebra

10th Edition

ISBN:9781337282291

Author:Ron Larson

Publisher:Ron Larson

Chapter1: Equations, Inequalities, And Mathematical Modeling

Section1.3: Modeling With Linear Equations

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