An elevator has a maximum weight limit of 1,500 pound. You have a shipment of boxes to bring to the tenth floor. Each weights 20 pounds.

Question

 Write an inequality to represent the situation also solve the inequality and leave your answer as in inequality(Be sure to Lable)

Answer 1

If n is the number of boxes that can go into an elevator, and if each weighs 20 lbs, the weight constraint is

 

20n <= 1500

 

or

 

n <= 75 boxes

 

This is the maximum number of boxes that can be put into the elevator at a given time.