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Craig wants to use an elevator to carry identical packages having the same weight. Each package weighs 4 pounds and Craig weighs 90 pounds. If the elevator can carry a maximum of 330 pounds at a time, which inequality shows the maximum number of packages, n, that Craig can carry with himself in the elevator if he is the only passenger?

n ≥ 236

n ≤ 236

n ≥ 60

n ≤ 60

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Answer: n ≤ 60 i got it right on the test

User Francesco Borzi
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Answer:

the last one.

Explanation:

if you do 330-90(how much he weighs) it would give you 240 then divide by 4(how much the packages weigh), that would give you 60. so he could carry 60 or less boxes.

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