SOLUTION: A school receives a shipment of books. There are 60 cartons, and each carton weighs 42 pounds. The school's elevator can hold 2200 pounds. what is the greatest number of cartons th

Question 929770: A school receives a shipment of books. There are 60 cartons, and each carton weighs 42 pounds. The school's elevator can hold 2200 pounds. what is the greatest number of cartons that can be carried on the elevator at one time if no people ride with them? Write and solve and algebraic inequality. Then explain the solution.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
60 carton, 42 pounds/carton, 2200 pound capacity. What you want is how many x cartons to not exceed the 2200 pound capacity.

and x can only be from whole numbers.

x=52
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