Jerrica is packing a box that can hold a most 65 pounds.vshe 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 she placed in the box weighs 1.3 pounds.vwrite an inequality for the number of books Jerrica can put in the box, and describes the solutions.
Let's denote the number of books Jerrica can put in the box as B.
The weight of the container is 26 pounds. The total weight of the books is 1.3B pounds. The total weight of the box, including the container and the books, cannot exceed 65 pounds.
Therefore, the inequality representing the number of books Jerrica can put in the box is:
1.3B + 26 ≤ 65
Simplifying this inequality:
1.3B ≤ 39
B ≤ 39/1.3
The solution to this inequality is that Jerrica can put at most 30 books in the box.