SOLUTION: An empty truck with a driver weighs 4350 pounds. The truck is loaded with grain weighing 31 pounds per bushel. There is a bridge on the roadway with a 10000 pounds load limit. How
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Question 472111: An empty truck with a driver weighs 4350 pounds. The truck is loaded with grain weighing 31 pounds per bushel. There is a bridge on the roadway with a 10000 pounds load limit. How many bushels can the truck legally carry? Round to the nearest quarter bushel
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
10000-4350-31n=0
5650=31n
n=182.26 bushels
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