Shawn wants to use an elevator to carry identical packages having the same weight. Each package weighs 5 pounds and Shawn weighs 100 pounds. If the elevator can carry a maximum of 340 pounds at a time, which inequality shows the maximum number of packages, n, that Shawn can carry with himself in the elevator if he is the only passenger?

n ≥ 48

n ≤ 235

n ≤ 48

n ≥ 235

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Kayla Todd

10 June, 14:16

Shawn wants to use an elevator to carry identical packages having the same weight. Each package weighs 5 pounds and Shawn weighs 100 pounds. If the elevator can carry a maximum of 340 pounds at a time, which inequality shows the maximum number of packages, n, that Shawn can carry with himself in the elevator if he is the only passenger?

n ≥ 48

n ≤ 235

n ≤ 48

n ≥ 235

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Ruth Joseph · Answer 1

340 pounds minus Shawn's weight of 100 pounds gives us 240 pounds left for packages.

Each package weights 5 pounds so we take 240 and divide it by 5.

240/5 = 48

Shawn can carry a maximum of 48 packages with him.

n ≤ 48