Question

Renna pushed the button for the elevator to go up but it would not move. the weight limit for the elevator is 450 kilograms but the current group of passengers weighs a total of 750 kilograms.Renna wants to determine how many 70-kilogram passengers need to go off the elevator

Answer 1

First we need to figure out how much over the limit the passengers are.

750 - 450 = 300 kg over the limit

To figure out how many people need to get off, divide 300 kg by the 70 kg weight of each passenger.


`(300)/(70) = 4.28`

We can't remove part of a person, so round up.

The answer is 5 people.