How many suitcases averaging 25 pounds apiece can be loaded onto a plane that can hold a maximum of 1,750 pounds of storage? How would you write an inequality expressing this situation? Use s for the weight of one suitcase, and include it on the left side of the inequality. Do not solve the inequality.
To solve this problem, we need to divide the maximum storage capacity of the plane by the average weight of one suitcase. This will give us the maximum number of suitcases the plane can hold.
Let's use "s" to represent the weight of one suitcase in pounds.
Number of suitcases ≤ Maximum storage capacity ÷ Weight of one suitcase
s ≤ 1,750 ÷ 25s
So the inequality expressing the situation is:
s ≤ 70
This means that the weight of one suitcase cannot exceed 70 pounds if the plane can hold a maximum of 1,750 pounds of storage and the suitcases average 25 pounds apiece.
To write an inequality expressing this situation, let's use 's' to represent the weight of one suitcase.
The total weight of the suitcases cannot exceed the maximum storage capacity of the plane, which is 1,750 pounds. Since the average weight of each suitcase is 25 pounds, we can divide the maximum storage capacity by the weight of one suitcase to find the maximum number of suitcases that can be loaded onto the plane.
The inequality to represent this situation is:
s * (number of suitcases) ≤ 1,750
or
25 * (number of suitcases) ≤ 1,750