Question

A shipping container will be used to transport several 100-kilogram crates across the country by rail. The greatest weight that can be loaded into the container is 27500 kilograms. Other shipments weighing 6800 kilograms have already been loaded into the container. Write and solve an inequality which can be used to determine xxx, the number of 100-kilogram crates that can be loaded into the shipping container.

Answer 1

x ≤ 207 crates

Explanation:

Greatest weight of the container = 27,500 kilograms

Weight of other shipment = 6,800 kilograms

Weight of a crate = 100 kilograms

Number of 100-kilogram crates that can be loaded into the shipping container = x

The inequality is

27,500 ≤ 6800 + 100x

27,500 - 6800 ≤ 100x

20,700 ≤ 100x

x ≤ 20,700 / 100

x ≤ 207 crates