SOLUTION: Write and solve an inequality to answer the following question. A truck weighs 28,500 lb. The total weight limit for the truck is 64,000 lb. What are the possible loads the tr

Question 620128: Write and solve an inequality to answer the following question.
A truck weighs 28,500 lb. The total weight limit for the truck is 64,000 lb. What are the possible loads the truck can carry?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

 

Hi,

A truck weighs 28,500 lb.  The total weight limit for the truck is 64,000 lb.

 What are the possible loads  the truck can carry?

 25,500 lb + x <64,000 lb

            x < 38,500 lb

  

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