A delivery person uses a service elevator to bring boxes of books up to an office. The delivery person weighs 190 lb and each box of books weighs 50 lb. The maximum capacity of the elevator is 1480 lb. How many boxes of books can the delivery person bring up at one time?
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The total weight the elevator can hold is 1480 lb. If we subtract the weight of the delivery person (190 lb), we get the remaining weight the elevator can carry for the boxes of books: 1480 lb - 190 lb = 1290 lb.
Each box of books weighs 50 lb, so we need to figure out how many boxes can fit into the remaining weight limit of 1290 lb.
Dividing 1290 lb by 50 lb per box gives us 25.8 boxes.
Since we cannot have a fraction of a box, the delivery person can bring up a maximum of 25 boxes of books at one time, with a total weight of 25 boxes x 50 lb per box = 1250 lb.
To find the number of boxes of books the delivery person can bring up at one time, we need to determine the total weight of the books as well as the weight capacity of the elevator.
The delivery person weighs 190 lb, and each box of books weighs 50 lb. We need to subtract the delivery person's weight from the maximum capacity of the elevator.
Maximum capacity of the elevator = 1480 lb
Delivery person's weight = 190 lb
Therefore, the total weight of the books that the elevator can carry is:
1480 lb - 190 lb = 1290 lb
Since each box of books weighs 50 lb, we need to divide the total weight that the elevator can carry by the weight of each box.
Number of boxes of books that can be brought up at one time = Total weight capacity of the elevator / Weight of each box of books
Number of boxes of books = 1290 lb / 50 lb = 25.8
However, since we cannot have a fractional number of boxes, we need to round down to the nearest whole number.
Therefore, the delivery person can bring up 25 boxes of books at one time.
To determine the number of boxes of books that the delivery person can bring up at one time, we need to find the difference between the maximum capacity of the elevator and the weight of the delivery person.
First, subtract the weight of the delivery person from the maximum capacity of the elevator:
1480 lb - 190 lb = 1290 lb
Then, divide this result by the weight of each box of books:
1290 lb ÷ 50 lb = 25.8 boxes
Since we cannot have a fraction of a box, we round down to the nearest whole number:
The delivery person can bring up 25 boxes of books at one time.
Therefore, to complete the sentence: The delivery person can bring up enter your 25 boxes of books.