# Write an equation that models this situation. A market fills each of 20 containers with 3 pounds of grapes. How many pounds of grapes (P) are needed to fill the 20 containers?

Write an equation that models this situation.
A market fills each of 20 containers with 3 pounds of grapes. How many pounds of grapes (P) are needed to fill the 20 containers?
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Step 1
As each container is filled with 3 pounds of grapes. Therefore 20 containers with 3 pounds in each container have total 60 pounds of grapes.
1 container contains 3 pounds
20 containers contain $20×3=60$ pounds
Step 2
Now to write a mathematical model for this word problem let P be the number of containers. The mathematical model is as:
1 container contains 3 pounds
20 containers contain $20×3=60$ pounds
P containers contain 3P pounds of grapes