Question

A delivery person uses a service elevator to bring boxes of books up to an office. The delivery person weighs 170lb and each box of books weighs 60 lb. The maximum capacity of the elevator is 1240lb. How many boxes of books can the delivery person bring up at one​ time?

Answer 1

17.83 boxes

Explanation:

Lets represent the number of boxes of books that can be brought up per time = x

From the question: The delivery person weighs 170lb and each box of books weighs 60 lb. The maximum capacity of the elevator is 1240lb.

Hence we have the Algebraic Expressions

170lb + 60 × x = 1240lb

170lb + 60x = 1240lb

Collect like terms

60x = 1240lb - 170lb

60x = 1070lb

x = 1070lb/60

x = 17.833333333

x = 17.83 boxes

Therefore, the delivery person can bring up 17.83 boxes per time