Question

Henri is a equipment manager for a soccer team. He buys a new trailer to move some equipment, and the specifications read that the trailer can haul up to 800 lbs. In order to ensure that they do not have any problems, he decides that he wants to put no more than 95% of the weight limit on the trailer. He needs to load 4 goals each weighing 125 lbs, two team benches each weighing 75 lbs, and two boxes of miscellaneous equipment each weighing 50 lbs. To figure out if the trailer can transport all of this, Henri multiplies 4 x 125, adds 2 x 75, and finally adds 2 x 50. He then multiplies this total (750 lbs) by .95 and sees if this amount is less than 800. Is this correct?

Answer 1

No; he should have multiplied 800 by .95 and made sure that the total weight of the equipment was less than that amount. Hope this helps :)

Explanation:

Answer 2

his total load is 4*125 + 2*75 + 2*50, which is 750

now, is that 750 95% of 800?

well 95% of anything is 95/100 * anything

thus, 95% of 800 is 95/100 * 800 or 0.95 * 800

now, is that less than more or equals to 750? if it's, then he's golden, because his load is less or equals to 95% of 800, if not, then he needs to cut down some