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A delivery person uses a service elevator to bring boxes of books up to an office. The delivery person weighs 180 lb and each box of books weighs 60 lb. The maximum capacity of the elevator is 1430 lb.
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A delivery person uses a service elevator to bring boxes of books up to an office. The delivery person weighs 180 lb and each box of books weighs 60 lb. The maximum capacity of the elevator is 1430 lb. How many boxes of books can the delivery person bring up at one​ time?

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20 boxes can be brought up at 1 time
1430-180= 1250
1250/60= 20.8333
Therefore it would we 20
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