Question

If 10 people with 345 total pounds of luggage plan to ride an elevator with a 2500-pound weight limit, write an inequality to find the allowable average

weight per person.
Solve the inequality that you wrote

Answer 1

Explanation:

let x be the weight per person:

10x≤2500-345

10x≤2155

x≤2155/10

x≤215.5 pound per person ( if all have the same weight)