SOLUTION: An empty truck with driver weights 4350 pounds. It is loaded with feed corn weighing 31 pounds per bushel. Between the farm and the market is a bridge with a 10000 pound weight lim
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Question 592762: An empty truck with driver weights 4350 pounds. It is loaded with feed corn weighing 31 pounds per bushel. Between the farm and the market is a bridge with a 10000 pound weight limit. How many bushels can the truck legally carry?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
4350+31x=10000
182 is the maximum number of bushels to stay under 10000
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