Question

A shipping container will be used to transport several 50-kilogram crates across the country by rail. The greatest weight that can be loaded into the container is 27500 kilograms. Other shipments weighing 9500 kilograms have already been loaded into the container. Write and solve an inequality which can be used to determine xx, the number of 50-kilogram crates that can be loaded into the shipping container.

Answer 1

To write and solve an inequality that can be used to determine the number of 50-kilogram crates that can be loaded into the shipping container, we need to first find the total weight of the crates that can be loaded into the container. The maximum weight that can be loaded into the container is 27500 kilograms, and other shipments weighing 9500 kilograms have already been loaded, so the total weight of the crates that can be loaded is 27500 kilograms - 9500 kilograms = 18000 kilograms.

Next, we need to divide the total weight of the crates that can be loaded by the weight of each crate to find the number of crates that can be loaded. Since each crate weighs 50 kilograms, the number of crates that can be loaded is 18000 kilograms / 50 kilograms = 360 crates.

To express this as an inequality, we can use the following equation:

x <= 360

This inequality states that the number of crates that can be loaded into the shipping container (x) must be less than or equal to 360. Therefore, the number of 50-kilogram crates that can be loaded into the shipping container is x <= 360.

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