toe is moving his apartment the elevator can carry , at most , 2500 pounds . He has identical boxes that are each 40 pounds. If joe weighs 160 pounds , how many boxes can he put on the elevator?

Answer 1

For each elevator trip, you have to subtract Joe's weight from the elevator capacity. So in actuality, the max amount for the boxes is 2500-160, or 2340 pounds. Each box weighs 40. so the number of boxes that can be included is 2340/40, or 58.5. Since he can't load half a box, the max number per trip is 58,