Kylie is packing books into boxes for shipping. Each full box must not be heavier than 6lg. The books she is packing weigh 750g

Question

4 years ago

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each. She has already picked a total of 1,500g. How many books can she add to fill the box?

1 answer:

Leona [35] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-13T03:25:28+03:00

Kylie can add 6 books more to fill the box.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given,

Weight limit of each box = 6kg

1 kg = 1000 grams

6 kg = 1000*6 = 6000 grams

Weight limit of each box in grams = 6000

Weight of each book = 750 grams

Already picked weight = 1500 grams

Let,

x be the number of books she can add.

Weight of one book*number of books + Already packed weight = Weight limit of each box in grams

750x + 1500 ≤ 6000

$750x\leq 6000-1500\\750x\leq 4500$

Dividing both sides by 750

$\frac{750x}{750}\leq \frac{4500}{750}\\x\leq 6$

Kylie can add 6 books more to fill the box.

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