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?
To find the value of X in the equation, we need to first simplify the equation by distributing the 6 to the terms inside the parentheses:
6(x + 18) = 6x + 108
Now we can set up the equation:
6x + 108 = 192
Subtract 108 from both sides:
6x = 84
Divide both sides by 6:
x = 14
Therefore, the value of X in Jarred's equation is 14.