Question

when the driver is in the empty truck, the mass is 2948.35 kilogram. the mass of 1 box of paper is 22.5 kilograms. the driver delivers some of the boxes of paper at his first stop. the truck has to drive over a bridge on the way to the next stop. trucks with a mass greater than 4700 kilograms are not allowed over the bridge. enter the minimum number of boxes of paper the driver over the bridge.

Answer 1

0 boxes minimum

Explanation:

The mass of the truck and paper must satisfy ...

22.5b + 2948.35 ≤ 4700 . . . . total truck mass cannot exceed bridge limits

22.5b ≤ 1751.65

b ≤ 77.85

The driver can take a minimum of 0 boxes and a maximum of 77 boxes of paper over the bridge.

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The question asks for the minimum. We usually expect such a question to ask for the maximum.