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A shipping container will be used to transport several 40-kilogram crates across the country by rail. The greatest weight that can be loaded into the container is 24500 kilograms. Other shipments weighing 13100 kilograms have already been loaded into the container. Write and solve an inequality which can be used to determine xx, the number of 40-kilogram crates that can be loaded into the shipping container.

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Answer :

We can load less than or equal to 285 number of 40 kg crates in the shipping container.

The inequality is like 13100 + 40x ≤ 24500

Given,

The weight of crates transported by a shipping container = 40 kg

The greatest weight that can be loaded into the container = 24500 kg

The weight of already loaded shipments in the container = 13100 kg

We have to find and solve an inequality that determines the number of 40 kg crates that can be loaded into the shipping container:

Lets take x as the number of 40 kg crates.

Therefore, weight of container = 40x

The weight should be less than or equal to the maximum weight that can be loaded into the container:

That is,

13100 + 40x ≤ 24500

Now, solve the inequality:

40x ≤ 24500 - 13100

40x ≤ 11400

x ≤ 11400/40

x ≤ 285

So,

We can load less than or equal to 285 number of 40 kg crates in the shipping container.

The inequality is like 13100 + 40x ≤ 24500

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