Question

a railroad car container can hold 42,000 pounds. Mr.Evans wants to ship 90 ovens and some freezers in the same container. If each freezer weighs 600 pounds, how many freezers can be shipped in the container? Explain

Answer 1

The amount of freezers that can be shipped is 70. I'm not completely sure, because I do not know how many pounds the ovens are. But to get the answer, just simply divide 42000 by 600.

Answer 2

40

Explanation:

We are given that

A railroad container can hold weight=42,000 pounds

Total number of ovens for ship=90

Weight of each oven=200 lbs

Weight of each freezer=600 pounds

We have to find the number of freezer can be shipped in the container.

Let x be the number of freezer can be shipped in the container.

According to question

`42000=90(200)+600x`

`42000=18000+600x`

`600x=42000-18000`

`600x=24000`

`x=(24000)/(600)=40`

Hence, 40 freezer can be shipped in the container.