The total amount of weight on an elevator cannot exceed 1,800 pounds. A delivery person is on the elevator delivering packages. Together, the delivery person and the packages weigh 520 pounds. If the average weight of a person is 160 pounds, set up and solve an inequality to determine how many additional people, p, the elevator can hold.

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We start with the delivery person and the packages being delivered.  Put that figure on the left.  On the right, write $$\le 1800 lb$$What else must you write into this inequality so that it accurately describes the situation at hand?