Question

A shipping container will be used to transport several 120-kilogram crates across the country by rail. The greatest weight that can be loaded into the container is 25500 kilograms. Other shipments weighing 7900 kilograms have already been loaded into the container. Which inequality can be used to determine xx, the greatest number of 120-kilogram crates that can be loaded onto the shipping container?

Answer 1

Given the question in the image, the following are the solution steps to answer the question.

STEP 1: Write the given terms

`\begin{gathered} \text{constant}=7900 \\ \text{Greatest weight=25500} \\ \text{Variable}=x \end{gathered}`

STEP 2: Get the inequality

`\begin{gathered} \text{constant }+\text{ variable = Greatest weight} \\ \text{ number of 120-kilogram crates=120x} \\ The\text{ inequality will be;} \\ 25500\ge120x+7900 \end{gathered}`

Hence, the inequality that represents the greatest value used to determine x is given as:

`25500\ge120x+7900`