Question

Alan is loading a pallet with boxes that each weighs 55 pounds. The pallet can safely support no more than 1595 pounds. How many boxes can he safely load onto the pallet?

Answer 1

Answer:

At most 29 boxes can be safely loaded onto the pallet.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Weight of each box = 55 pound

Weight pallet can support $\leq$ 1595 pounds.

We need to find the number of boxes .

Solution:

Let the number of boxes loaded safely onto the pallet be 'x'.

So we can say that;

Weight of each box Multiplied by number of boxes should be less than or equal to Weight pallet can support.

framing in equation form we get;

$55x\leq 1595$

Dividing both side by 55 we get;

$\frac{55x}{55}\leq \frac{1595}{55}\\\\x\leq 29$

Hence At most 29 boxes can be safely loaded onto the pallet.