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 x, the
number of 50-kilogram crates that can be loaded into the shipping
container.

Answer 1

50x + 9500 ≤ 27500

x ≤ 360

Explanation:

50x + 9500 ≤ 27500 Subtract 9500 from both sides

50x + 9500 - 9500 ≤ 27500 - 9500

50x ≤ 18000 Divide both sides by 50

`(50x)/(50)` ≤
`(18000)/(50)`

x ≤ 360