A shipping container transports several 120-kilogram crates l. The greatest weight that can be loaded is 27500 kilograms. Others weighing 14900 kilograms have been loaded into the container.

Question

Write and solve an inequality that can be used to determine x, the number of 120-kilogram crates that can be loaded into the shipping container.

Answer 1

27500 = 14900+ 120x

x= (27500-14900)/120

x = 12500/120= 1250/12

x = 625/6

x = 104 1/6

x = 104 = maximum number of 120 kg crates