Question

Alan is loading a pallet with boxes that each weighs 60 pounds. The pallet can safely support no more than 960 pounds. How many boxes can he safely load onto the pallet? Answer/There can be no more than (blank) boxes

Answer 1

There can be no more than 16 boxes

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent the number of boxes that he can safely load onto the pallet.

Given that each box weighs 60 pounds, the weight of x boxes is 60x pounds.

The pallet can safely support no more than 960 pounds. The inequality representing this statement is scenario is

60x ≤ 960

Dividing both sides by 60,

60x/60 ≤ 960/60

x ≤ 16

There can be no more than 16 boxes