SOLUTION: 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

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Question 251935: 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.
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.
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Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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185+60n<=1500
max number of boxes=21
60*21+185=1445
60*22+185=1505 22 boxes are over the limit by 5 lbs.

Answer by checkley77(12844) About Me  (Show Source):
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1,500=185+60x
60x=1,500-185
60x=1,315
x=1,315/60
x=21.9 or 21 boxes is the max number of boxes in the elevator at one time.

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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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.
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.
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Solve for "n":
60n + 185 = 1500
60n = 1315
n = 21.92
Rounding down the maximum number of boxes is 21.
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Cheers,
Stan H.