Question

A shipping container will be used to transport several 60-kilogram crates across the country by rail. The greatest weight that can be loaded into the container is 25000 kilograms. Other shipments weighing 4600 kilograms have already been loaded into the container. Write and solve an inequality which can be used to determine xx, the number of 60-kilogram crates that can be loaded into the shipping container.

Answer 1

Answer:

c ≤ 330

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that:

Greatest weight = 23000 kg

Weight per crate = 60kg

Weight of other shipment already loaded = 3200kg

Total Number of 60kg crates, c that can be loaded

((Weight per crate * number of crates) + weight of other loaded shipment) ≤ greatest weight

((60 * c) + 3200 ≤ 23000

60c ≤ 23000 - 3200

60c ≤ 19800

c ≤ 19800 / 60

c ≤ 330