Question

A shipping container will be used to transport several 100-kilogram crates across the country by rail. The greatest weight that can be loaded into the container is 27500 kilograms. Other shipments weighing 7100 kilograms have already been loaded into the container. Write and solve an inequality which can be used to determine x x, the number of 100-kilogram crates that can be loaded into the shipping container.

Answer 1

Answer:

x ≤ 204 crates

Step-by-step explanation:

Greatest weight of the container = 27500 kilograms

Weight of other shipment = 7100 kilograms

Weight of crates = 100 kilogram

x = number of 100 kilogram crates that can be loaded into the shipping container.

The inequality:

27500 ≤ 7100 + 100x

27500 - 7100 ≤ 100x

20,400 ≤ 100x

x ≤ 20,400 / 100

x ≤ 204 crates of 100 kilogram