A furniture store sells kits that customers use to build cabinets. Each kit contains 18 screws and a set number of boards. Jarred buys 6 of these kits and has a total of 192 screws and boards. He writes the equation shown to represent the situation.
6(x + 18) = 192
What is the value of X in Jarred's equation?
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Responses
11
11
14
14
29
29
35
35
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The value of X in Jarred's equation is 11.
6(x + 18) = 192
6(x) + 6(18) = 192
6x + 108 = 192
6x = 192 - 108
6x = 84
x = 84 / 6
x = 14
Therefore, X is 14.