OpenStax, Elementary Algebra 2e §3.6 Solve Applications with Linear Inequalities · Exercise 26 · Algebra · Inequalities
Solve Applications with Linear Inequalities · Exercise 26
Maximum Weight on a Boat In 2004, a water taxi sank in Baltimore harbor and five people drowned. The water taxi had a maximum capacity of 3,500 pounds (25 people with average weight 140 pounds). The average weight of the 25 people on the water taxi when it sank was 168 pounds per person. What should the maximum number of people of this weight have been?
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OpenStax, Elementary Algebra 2e · §3.6 Solve Applications with Linear Inequalities · Exercise 26
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