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Select the correct answer.
An elevator at a department store must carry fewer than 17 people at a time. An elevator operator is present in the elevator at all times. If
x customers can travel in the elevator with the elevator operator, which inequality represents this situation?
OA X+1 <17
OB. x> 18
OC. x+1<16
OD. x<17
OE. x+1> 18

Answer 1

Answer: OA X+1 <17

Explanation:

Let us pull out details from the passage that we need.

[] elevator ... carry fewer than 17 people at a time

[] elevator operator is ... in the elevator at all times

[] x customers can travel

Since the operator does not count as a customer, this means that x + 1 people will be in the elevator.

Next, there must be fewer than 17 people in the elevator.

This means the answer to our question is:

O (A) X+1 < 17