Write an inequality that models the following situation.

Ernest works in the shipping department loading shipping crates with boxes. Each empty crate weighs 150 pounds. How many boxes, each weighing 35 pounds, can Ernest put in the crate if the total weight can be no more than 850 pounds?

Question

Write an inequality that models the following situation.

Ernest works in the shipping department loading shipping crates with boxes. Each empty crate weighs 150 pounds. How many boxes, each weighing 35 pounds, can Ernest put in the crate if the total weight  can be no more than 850 pounds?

anonymous · Answer

treat x as the number of boxes and multiply x by 35: that's the weight of the boxes. Do you think you can finish the rest? What this problem boils down to is making the weight of the crate plus the weight of all boxes no greater than 850 pounds