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There are nine water bottles in Devin’s refrigerator . He adds three full boxes of water bottles to the refrigerator . Then he adds two more boxes that each have one fewer bottle than a full box. When he is done , there are 67 bottles in the refrigerator. Write and solve an equation to find the number of bottles in a full box ?

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1. Total bottles in the refrigerator = Original number of bottles + Bottles in full box + Bottles in box with 1 less than full box
2. Bottles in full boxes = number of full boxes * bottles per full box
3. Bottles in boxes with 1 less than full box = number of boxes × bottles per box

The correct answer is: Number of bottles in a full box is 12


    Step-by-step solution:-
    Let the number of bottles in a full box be x.
    Original number of bottles = 9 ...................................... (From given information) ................... (Equation i)
    Now, Bottles in a full boxes = number of full boxes × bottles per full box
    ∴ Bottles in a full boxes = 3 * x …............................ (From given information) …................ (Equation ii)
    Bottles in a box with 1 less bottle than a full box = number of boxes × bottles per box
    ∴ Bottles in a box with 1 less bottle than a full box = 2 × (x-1)
    ∴ Bottles in a box with 1 less bottle than a full box = 2x - 2 ...................................................... (Equation iii)
    We know that-
    Total bottles in the refrigerator = Original number of bottles + Bottles in full box + Bottles in box with 1 less than full box
    ∴ 67 = 9 + 3x + (2x-2) .................................................................... (From given information & Equations i, ii & iii)
    ∴ 67 = 9 + 3x + 2x - 2
    ∴ 67 - 9 + 2 = 3x + 2x ........................................................ (Taking all the constants together)
    ∴ 60 = 5x
    ∴ 60/5 = x
    ∴ 12 = x
    Final Answer:-
    ∴ Number of bottles in a full box is 12.

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