Question

Teddy is delivering boxes of paper to each floor of an office building. Each box weighs 56

Answer 1

Answer:

Givens

• Each box weighs 56 pounds.
• Teddy weighs 140 pounds.
• The maximum capacity of the elevator is 2,000 pounds.

So, we have 56 pounds per box, this can be expressed as

$56b$ , where $b$ represents boxes.

This problem is about a restriction as maximum, that means we need to use the inequality sign $\leq$, which represents all values accepted.

Taking in count all those details, the inequality expression is

$56b+140\leq 2000$

Because the sum of the total weght must be equal or under 2000.

Then, we solve for $b$

$56b+140\leq 2000\\56b\leq 2000-140\\b \leq \frac{1860}{56}\\ b\leq 33$

Therefore, Teddy can deliver 33 boxes of paper, because that's the maximum allowed in an elevator.

Answer 2

Answer: He would be able

To hold 3 boxes

Step-by-step explanation: if you add his weight with the boxes you would get under 200 pounds,, but if you go any more boxes, it would be over 200 pounds