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20 October, 19:45

A delivery person uses a service elevator to bring boxes of books up to an office. The delivery person weighs 150 lbs and each box of books weighs 50 lbs. The maximum capacity of the elevator is 1000 lbs. Part A Write an equation to represent this situation

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  1. 20 October, 20:08
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    1000 = 160 + 50x

    1000 - 160 = 840

    840 = 50x

    840/50 = 16.8

    he can bring up 16.8 approx., but total boxes would be 16.
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