How many suitcases averaging 25 pounds apiece can be loaded onto a plane that can hold a maximum of 1,750 pounds of storage? If s represents the number of suitcases how would you write an inequality expressing this situation

Answer 1

To find out how many suitcases can be loaded onto the plane, we need to divide the maximum storage weight by the average weight of each suitcase.

Let s represent the number of suitcases.

The inequality expressing this situation would be:

25s ≤ 1750

This inequality states that the total weight of the suitcases (25s) must be less than or equal to the maximum storage weight of 1750 pounds.