A delivery person uses a service elevator to bring boxes of books up to an office. The delivery person weighs 150 lbs and each box of books weighs 50 lbs. The maximum capacity of the elevator is 1000 lbs. Part A Write an equation to represent this situation

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Answer:

1000 = 160 + 50x

1000 - 160 = 840

840 = 50x

840/50 = 16.8

he can bring up 16.8 approx., but total boxes would be 16.

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