The weight of a mandarin orange is about 6 ounces. A basket that weighs 4 ounces will hold m mandarin oranges, the total weight is 70 ounces. Which equation represents the basket of oranges?

Each of the m oranges weighs 6 ounces, so the oranges weigh 6m ounces altogether. Add the basket’s 4-ounce weight to get the total of 70 ounces: 4 + 6m = 70. This is choice A.

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