Question

Can you please help me solve?A sign in a freight elevator states that the maximum capacity of the elevator is 2,500 pounds. Use the average weight of a box as 75 pounds and the average weight of a crate as 160 pounds to complete the following parts.Part DIf there are no boxes on the elevator, what is the maximum number of average-weight crates that can be on the elevator given its maximum capacity? Please explain the answer.

Answer 1

Because there are no boxes on the elevator, the maximum number of crate that can be on it will be the number which, when multiplicated by the average weight of a crate is equal to the maximum capacity of the elevator, which is 2,500 pounds in the present case.

From this, we are able to write as follows:

`\begin{gathered} N*160=2,500 \\ N=(2,500)/(160) \\ N=15.625 \end{gathered}`

Where N stands for the maximum number of crates in the elevator.

But, because the number of crates can only be integer numbers, we will round it to N = 15, because 16 would already be over the maximum weight for the elevator.