Question

Question 13 2 A cart is carrying fruit boxes weighing a total of 54 pounds, Pumpkins weighing 3 pounds each are then added to the cart. Use a table to find how many pumpkins can be added if the maximum weight the cart can carry is 69 pounds

Answer 1

Solution

For this case we can create this notation:

x= number of fruit boxes

y= total weight

x y

0 0

1 3

2 6

3 9

4 12

5 15

6 18

7 21

8 24

9 27

10 30

11 33

12 36

13 39

14 42

15 45

16 48

17 51

18 54

19 57

20 60

21 63

22 66

23 69

Then the maximum number of pumplinks are 23