A delivery person uses a service elevator to bring boxes of books up to an office. The delivery person weighs 150lb and each box

Question

4 years ago

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of books weighs 40lb. The maximum capacity of the elevator is 1140lb. How many boxes of books can the delivery person bring up at one time?

1 answer:

soldi70 [24.7K] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-09T07:06:04+03:00

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Answer:

24

Step-by-step explanation:

The delivery person can take 24 boxes of books up the elevator at one time. This was my process:

(1140-150) / 40

990 / 40

24.75

But you cannot have three quarters of a box so the final answer would be 24.