A shipping container will be used to transport several 150-kilogram crates across the country by rail. The greatest weight that can be loaded into the container is 26500 kilograms. Other shipments weighing 12100 kilograms have already been loaded into the container. Which inequality can be used to determine xx, the greatest number of 150-kilogram crates that can be loaded onto the shipping container?

Answer 1

Let x be the number of 150-kilogram crates that can be loaded onto the shipping container.
The total weight of the crates is 150x.
The maximum weight of the container is 26500 kilograms.
The weight of the other shipments already loaded is 12100 kilograms.
The inequality that represents this situation is 150x + 12100 ≤ 26500. Answer: \boxed{150x + 12100 \leq 26500}.