document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=251935>Question 251935</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The sign on the elevator in a seven-story building states that the maximum weight it can carry is 1500 pounds. As part of your work-study program, you need to move a large shipment of books to the sixth floor. Each box weighs 60 pounds.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let n represent the number of boxes placed in the elevator. You weigh 185 pounds. Write an expression that represents the total weight in the elevator. Using the expression in part a, write an inequality that can be used to determine the maximum number of boxes that you can place in the elevator at one time and solve.   </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #183655 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley77><B>checkley77(12844)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley77><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=183655\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1,500=185+60x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60x=1,500-185<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60x=1,315<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=1,315/60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=21.9 or 21 boxes is the max number of boxes in the elevator at one time. </SPAN>\n" );
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