Question

Fishing Adventures rents small fishing boats to tourists for day­long fishing trips. Each boat can only carry 1500 pounds of people and gear for safety reasons. Assume the average weight of a person is 150 pounds. Each group will require 200 lbs of gear for the boat plus 10 lbs of gear for each person. Who want to rent a boat?

Answer 1

Who want to rent a boat? 8 person

Step-by-step explanation:

Carry 1500 pounds

Carry 200 pouns

Average 150 pound /person

Additional10 pounds/person

1500-200=150x +10x

1300=160x

x=1300÷160

x=8,12

8 person Aditional Gear

150 10

8 8

1200 80 200 1480