Question 227660: In and apartment building there is one elevator, and the maximum load that it can carry is 2,000 pounds. The maintenance supervisor wants to move a replacement part for the air- conditioning unit to the roof. The part weighs 1,600 pounds, and the mechanized cart on which it is being moved weighs 250 pounds. When the maintenance supervisor drives the cart onto the elevator, the alarm sounds to signify that the elevator is overloaded. A. how much does the maintenance supervisor weigh? B. How can the replacement part be delivered to the roof if the part cannot be disassembled?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! In and apartment building there is one elevator, and the maximum load that it can carry is 2,000 pounds. The maintenance supervisor wants to move a replacement part for the air- conditioning unit to the roof. The part weighs 1,600 pounds, and the mechanized cart on which it is being moved weighs 250 pounds. When the maintenance supervisor drives the cart onto the elevator, the alarm sounds to signify that the elevator is overloaded.
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A. how much does the maintenance supervisor weigh?
2000 - 250 - 1600 = 150, more than 150 lb
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B. How can the replacement part be delivered to the roof if the part cannot be disassembled?
Just leave the loaded elevator, go up the stairs to the top floor and press
the button, and wait for the elevator to arrive, hopefully no one else will call the elevator first.
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