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 23000 kilograms. Other shipments weighing 13700 kilograms have already been loaded into the container. Use the drop-down menu below to write an inequality representing cc, the total number of 150-kilogram crates that can be loaded into the shipping container.

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Answer:

150c + 13,700 < 23,000

Step-by-step explanation:

Greatest weight that can be loaded into the container = 23,000 kilograms

Weight of each crate = 150 kilogram

Weight of other shipment = 13,700 kilograms

c = total number of 150-kilogram crates that can be loaded

This can be represented by the inequality:

150c + 13,700 < 23,000

That is, Weight of each crate multiplied by total number of 150-kilogram crates that can be loaded Plus Weight of other shipment less than greatest weight that can be loaded into the container

Answer:

c<62

Step-by-step explanation:

We know:

\color{blue}{\text{weight preloaded}}=

weight preloaded=

\,\,\color{blue}{13700}

13700

\color{red}{\text{weight per crate}}=

weight per crate=

\,\,\color{red}{150}

150

\color{purple}{\text{weight capacity}}=

weight capacity=

\,\,\color{purple}{23000}

23000

150

150

150

...

13700

23000

weight of all crates

Method 1 (Unwinding):

\color{green}{\text{weight of all crates}}=

weight of all crates=

\,\,\color{purple}{\text{weight capacity}}-\color{blue}{\text{weight preloaded}}

weight capacity−weight preloaded

=

=

\,\,\color{purple}{23000}-\color{blue}{13700}

23000−13700

=

=

\,\,\color{green}{9300}

9300

\text{number of crates}=

number of crates=

\,\,\frac{\color{green}{\text{weight of all crates}}}{\color{red}{\text{weight per crate}}}

weight per crate

weight of all crates

​

=

=

\,\,\frac{\color{green}{9300}}{\color{red}{150}}

150

9300

​

=

=

\,\,62

62

6262 is the number of crates that can be loaded into the shipping container for a total weight of 23000 kilograms. But the "greatest" weight means less than 23000 kilograms can also be loaded into the container, so fewer than 62 (61, 60, ...) crates can also be loaded.

c \leq62

c≤62

\leq≤ or "less than or equal to" means that exact amount or less

Method 2 (Algebra):

\text{\(c=\) number of crates}

c= number of crates

The greatest weight means less than 23000 kilograms can also be loaded into the container, so we will use the \leq≤ ("less than or equal to") symbol:

\color{red}{\text{weight per crate}}\cdot\text{\# of crates}+\color{blue}{\text{weight preloaded}}\leq\color{purple}{\text{weight capacity}}

weight per crate⋅# of crates+weight preloaded≤weight capacity

\color{red}{150}c+\color{blue}{13700}\leq

150c+13700≤

\,\,\color{purple}{23000}

23000

-\color{blue}{13700}\phantom{=}

−13700=

\,\,-\color{blue}{13700}

−13700

Subtract 13700 from both sides

\color{red}{150}c\leq

150c≤

\,\,9300

9300

\frac{\color{red}{150}c}{\color{red}{150}}\leq

150

150c

​

≤

\,\,\frac{9300}{\color{red}{150}}

150

9300

​

Divide both sides by 150

c\leq

c≤

\,\,62

62