How many suitcases averaging 32 pounds apiece can be loaded onto a plane that can hold a maximum of 2,150 pounds of storage? If s represents the number of suitcases, how would you write an inequality expressing this situation??
The inequality representing this situation is:
32s ≤ 2150
To find out how many suitcases can be loaded, we must divide the total weight capacity by the average weight of each suitcase:
2150 ÷ 32 = 67.1875
Since we cannot have a fraction of a suitcase, the maximum number of suitcases that can be loaded onto the plane is 67.