Question

A hot air balloon can hold up to 300 pounds of weight. The balloon's pilot weighs 140 pounds. How many 20-pound bags of sand (b) can also be carried by the hot air balloon? CHECK ALL THAT APPLY. I already know that 8 is one of them!

–4
–2
0
5
8
10

Answer 1

0

5

8

Explanation:

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Answer 2

140+20b≤300 subtract 140 from both sides

20b≤160 divide both sides by 20

b≤8

Also note that you cannot have negative bags either as that would make no sense. So:

0≤b≤8

So 0, 5, 8 are the three values that apply to this situation.