A delivery person uses a service elevator to bring boxes of books up to an office. The delivery person weighs 190 lb and each box of books weighs 50 lb. The maximum capacity of the elevator is 1480 lb. How many boxes of books can the delivery person bring up at one time?
The delivery person can bring up enter your ____ boxes of books.
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The delivery person can bring up enter your 5 boxes of books.
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The total weight the elevator can hold is 1480 lb. If we subtract the weight of the delivery person (190 lb), we get the remaining weight the elevator can carry for the boxes of books: 1480 lb - 190 lb = 1290 lb.
Each box of books weighs 50 lb, so we need to figure out how many boxes can fit into the remaining weight limit of 1290 lb.
Dividing 1290 lb by 50 lb per box gives us 25.8 boxes.
Since we cannot have a fraction of a box, the delivery person can bring up a maximum of 25 boxes of books at one time, with a total weight of 25 boxes x 50 lb per box = 1250 lb.
The total weight the elevator can hold is 1480 lb. If we subtract the weight of the delivery person (190 lb), we get the remaining weight the elevator can carry for the boxes of books: 1480 lb - 190 lb = 1290 lb.
Each box of books weighs 50 lb, so we need to figure out how many boxes can fit into the remaining weight limit of 1290 lb.
Dividing 1290 lb by 50 lb per box gives us 25.8 boxes.
Since we cannot have a fraction of a box, the delivery person can bring up a maximum of 25 boxes of books at one time, with a total weight of 25 boxes x 50 lb per box = 1250 lb.
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