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A small airplane can carry less than 840 pounds of luggage and mail. The mail for the day weighs 480 pounds. If each passenger brings 60 pounds of luggage, what is the greatest possible number of passengers
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A small airplane can carry less

than 840 pounds of luggage and
mail. The mail for the day weighs
480 pounds. If each passenger
brings 60 pounds of luggage,
what is the greatest possible
number of passengers that can
be taken?

User Emil Davtyan
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840 = 480 + 60x

answer is x = 6
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