SOLUTION: Workers load 14 crates of watermelons onto a freight elevator. Each crate of watermelons contains 22 boxes of watermelons. Each box contains 16 watermelons. The average weight of 1

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Question 1013026: Workers load 14 crates of watermelons onto a freight elevator. Each crate of watermelons contains 22 boxes of watermelons. Each box contains 16 watermelons. The average weight of 1 watermelon is 4.5 pounds. The freight elevator can hold 8,000 pounds safely.
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Answer by macston(5194) About Me  (Show Source):
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The elevator is over-loaded.
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Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
To find the poundage of watermelons, we multiply
14*22*16*4.5 and get 22176 pounds, which obvious overloads the freight elevator.
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