Question

A morning truck can carry no more than 1480 pounds of cargo. Brian loaded 640 pounds into the truck already. He is loading boxes that weigh 70 pounds. How many boxes can he out into the truck

Answer 1

Given :

A morning truck can carry no more than 1480 pounds of cargo.

Brian loaded 640 pounds into the truck already.

He is loading boxes that weigh 70 pounds.

To Find :

How many boxes can he out into the truck.

Solution :

Weight left for carrying cargo, W = 4180 - 640 pounds

W = 3540 pounds

Number of boxes of 70 pounds cargo he can carry in truck is :

$n =\dfrac{3540}{70}\\\\n = 50.57$ ≈ 50 .

Therefore, number of box they can carry is 50.

Hence, this is the required solution.