Jerica is packing a box that can hold it most 65 pounds. she starts by putting a container in the box that weighs 26 pounds. she plans to fill the rest of the box with books. each book can place in the box weighs 1.3 pounds. write in E quality for the number of books. Jerica can put in the box and describe these solutions.
Let's denote the number of books Jerica can put in the box as "b".
Given that the box can hold at most 65 pounds, the total weight of the container and the books should not exceed this limit, which can be represented as:
26 + 1.3b ≤ 65
To determine the Maximum E quality of books that Jerica can put in the box, we need to solve this inequality by isolating "b" on one side of the equation:
1.3b ≤ 65 - 26
1.3b ≤ 39
Dividing both sides of the inequality by 1.3:
b ≤ 39 / 1.3
b ≤ 30
Therefore, based on this inequality, Jerica can put at most 30 books in the box.
Some possible solutions for the number of books (b) that Jerica can put in the box could be:
- b = 0 (She only puts the container without any books)
- b = 10 (She puts 10 books in addition to the container)
- b = 30 (She puts the maximum number of books allowed)
It's important to note that there can be other solutions within the range of b ≤ 30, as long as the total weight (including the container) doesn't exceed 65 pounds.