Lionel is loading boxes of books into an elevator to move to the 35th floor of an office building. There are 10 boxes of books, and Lionel wants to make sure he is not exceeding the maximum weight of the elevator, which is 2,000 pounds. Lionel weighs 170 pounds. If each box of books weighs the same amount, how much can each box weigh? Solve this problem

Answer 1

To find out how much each box can weigh, we need to subtract Lionel's weight from the maximum weight of the elevator.

The maximum weight of the elevator is 2,000 pounds.

Lionel weighs 170 pounds.

So the remaining weight available for the boxes is 2,000 - 170 = 1830 pounds.

There are 10 boxes of books, so to find out how much each box can weigh, we divide the remaining weight by the number of boxes:

1830 / 10 = 183 pounds.

Therefore, each box can weigh a maximum of 183 pounds.