How many suitcases averaging 25 pounds apiece can be loaded onto a plane that can hold a maximum of 1,750 pounds of storage? If s
represents the number of suitcases, how would you write an inequality expressing this situation?
To determine how many suitcases can be loaded onto the plane, we need to divide the maximum storage capacity of the plane by the average weight of each suitcase.
Let s be the number of suitcases and 25 pounds be the average weight per suitcase.
25s ≤ 1750
The inequality can be expressed as:
25s ≤ 1750