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A delivery person uses a service elevator to bring boxes of books up to an office. The delivery person weighs 190 lb and each box of books weighs 50 lb. The maximum capacity of the elevator is 1130 lb. How many boxes of books can the delivery person bring up at one​ time?

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The answer is 18

If you subtract the person's weight 940

Then you divide it and you get 18
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