Mara carried water bottles to the field to share with her team at halftime. The water bottles weighed a total of 60 x squared plus 48 x plus 24 ounces. Which factorization could represent the number of water bottles and weight of each water bottle?

Factor 60x² + 48x + 24 by taking out the greatest common factor, 12: 60x² ÷ 12 = 5x², 48x ÷ 12 = 4x, and 24 ÷ 12 = 2. This gives 12(5x² + 4x + 2), so choice A represents the total as the number of bottles times the weight of each bottle. The other choices do not multiply back to the given expression.

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