Question

a wooden fruit crate will hold 62 pounds of fruit. the crate already has 18 pounds of fruit in it. which inequality represents the solution set that shows the pounds of fruits ,p, that can be added to the crate

Answer 1

`p + 18 \leq 62`

Explanation:

Given

`Total = 62\ lb`

`Current = 18\ lb`

Required

Write an inequality to represent the scenario?

Represent the additional number of pounds with p.

When p is added to the current pounds, the weight must be less than or equal to the total possible weights

In other words:

`p + current \leq total`

Substitute values for current and total

`p + 18 \leq 62`

Hence, the inequality that describes the scenario is:
`p + 18 \leq 62`