Question

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You can register a pickup truck as a passenger vehicle if the truck is not used for commercial purposes and the weight of the truck with its contents does not exceed 8500 pounds.

a. Your pickup truck weighs 4200 pounds. Select an inequality that represents the number x of pounds your truck can carry and still qualify as a passenger vehicle. Then solve the inequality.


4200+x≤8500

x−4200≤8500

8500≥4200−x

8500≤x+4200
Question 2
The solution is
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Question 3
b. A cubic yard of sand weighs about 1600 pounds. How many cubic yards of sand can you haul in your truck and still qualify as a passenger vehicle? Write your answer as a decimal. Do not round your answer.

You can haul at most
cubic yards of sand.

Answer 1

a) 4200+x≤8500

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x ≤ 4300

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b) 2.6875 or 2 ¹¹⁄₁₆ cubic yards.

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4300 / 1600 = 2 ¹¹⁄₁₆ = 2.6875