Question

A 3420 pound delivery truck has to cross an old wooden bridge on its route every day. the old bridge has a max capacity of 4000 pounds. if each package weighs 30 pounds each, how many packages can be caried accros in the truck?

Answer 1

The truck can carry a maximum of 19 packages across the bridge.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many packages can be carried across in the truck, we need to determine how much weight is left after taking into account the weight of the truck itself. First, we subtract the weight of the truck (3420 pounds) from the maximum capacity of the bridge (4000 pounds), which leaves us with 580 pounds. Then, we divide this weight by the weight of each package (30 pounds) to get the number of packages that can be carried.

580 pounds ÷ 30 pounds = 19.33

Since we cannot have a fraction of a package, we round down to the nearest whole number. Therefore, the truck can carry a maximum of 19 packages across the bridge.