Question

A cable car can safely carry n people. There are already 3/4n people on the cable car. Only 12 more people can board the cable car before it becomes unsafe. How many people at most can the cable car carry? Write an inequality then solve

Answer 1

The answer is 48 people.

Explanation:

We can write the equation like following:

`n=(3n/4)+12\\4n=3n+48\\n=48`

The cable car can carry 48 people at most.