A delivery person uses a service elevator to bring boxes of books up to an office. The delivery person weighs 140 lb and each bo

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A delivery person uses a service elevator to bring boxes of books up to an office. The delivery person weighs 140 lb and each bo

x of books weighs 60 lb. The maximum capacity of the elevator is 1330 lb. How many boxes of books can the delivery person bring up at one time?

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emmasim [6.3K] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-22T18:51:56+03:00

emmasim [6.3K]3 years ago

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Answer:

about 19

Step-by-step explanation:

take the elevator weight (1330), subtract the delivery persons weight (140) then divide by the weight of the books (60). It ends up being 19.8333 and so on.