Question

Mr. Anderson grows fruit which hesells at a farmers' market.- His truck has a total payloadcapacity (total weight ofpassengers and cargo) of1,200 pounds.- Mr. Anderson weighs 190 pounds.- The table he sells his fruit onweighs 10 pounds.- He transports his fruit in crates.Each crate weighs 3 pounds.- A crate can hold up to 22 poundsof fruit.Write and solve an equation to findC, the greatest number of fullcrates of fruit that Mr. Anderson cancarry in his truck along with himself and the table

Answer 1

We will have that the expression that represents the problem is:

`1200>(3+22)C+190\Rightarrow1200>25C+190`
`\Rightarrow1010>25C\Rightarrow C<40.4`

So, at most he will be able to carry 40 crates with him.