Aworker carries jugs of liquid soap from a production line to a packing area, carrying 4 jugs per trip. if the jugs are packed into cartons that hold 7 jugs each, how many jugs are needed to fill the last partially filled carton after the worker has made 17 trips?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 4
d. 5
e. 6

B. 2

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given that a worker carries jugs of liquid soap from a production line to a packing area, carrying 4 jugs per trip.

Since worker has made 17 trips, so total number of hugs of liquid soap would be 17 times number of jugs carried per trip.

.

Since each carton holds 7 jugs, so number of cartoons would be .

We can see that there are 9 completely filled cartoons and there are 5 jugs remaining, so we need jugs.

Therefore, we need 2 jugs to fill the 10th cartoon and option B is the correct choice.

d

step-by-step explanation:

d

a.

step-by-step explanation:

step 1 distribute 2 to every term in the parentheses

step 2 add 10 on both sides of the equal sign