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Jacob wants to use an elevator to carry identical packages having the same weight. Each package weighs 3 pounds and Jacob weighs 99 pounds. If the elevator can carry a maximum of 300 pounds at a time, which inequality shows the maximum number of packages, n, that Jacob can carry with himself in the elevator if he is the only passenger

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(300-99) /3 - the remainder =n
User Anton Kandybo
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n ≤ 67 is your awnser i think hope it helps
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