Question

an elevator can carry 800 of weight. A football player weighting 280 pounds gets on the elevator with a student. Write and solve an inequality to represent the remaining weight that can be added.

Answer 1

`425\geq x`

425 pounds or less can be added after the student and football player.

Explanation:

let x = remaining weight

(note that >/= is greater than or equal to.)

800 - 280 - 95 >/= x

425 >/= x