Question

A shipping container will be used to transport several 60-kilogram crates across the

country by rail. The greatest weight that can be loaded into the container is 24500
kilograms. Other shipments weighing 14600 kilograms have already been loaded into
the container. Write and solve an inequality which can be used to determine 2, the
number of 60-kilogram crates that can be loaded into the shipping container.

Answer 1

c ≤ 330

Explanation:

Given that:

Greatest weight = 23000 kg

Weight per crate = 60kg

Weight of other shipment already loaded = 3200kg

Total Number of 60kg crates, c that can be loaded

((Weight per crate * number of crates) + weight of other loaded shipment) ≤ greatest weight

((60 * c) + 3200 ≤ 23000

60c ≤ 23000 - 3200

60c ≤ 19800

c ≤ 19800 / 60

c ≤ 330