1-2 Write an equation for each situation. 1. A bookstore ordered boxes of pencils for resale. The cost of the pencils was
$2.25 per box, and the shipping cost of the order was $2.80.

Dee used 2 1/3 cups of sugar for a cake recipe. if the amount of sugar the container holds is 3 times the amount she used, does the container hold more than, less than, or equal to 3 cups of sugar? explain.

The blue whale is the largest animal living on the earth. the average blue whale measures 100 feet long (30 meters) and weighs 300,000 pounds (136,000 kilograms). a whale’s head is 1⁄3 of the length of its body. a new baby whale is 1⁄4 the length of a grown whale. the average man is 1⁄17 the length of a blue whale, and 1⁄1,818 its weight. a human baby measures 1⁄4 of the length of an adult. calculate the following information: how long is a whale’s head? how long is a new baby whale? how tall is the average man? how much does the average man weigh? how tall is the average human baby?

Find the value of x in each case. give reasons to justify your solutions! d q ∈ pr