A bridge can safely hold a maximum weight of 3 tons. A loaded truck weighs 2.35 tons. Write and solve an inequality that represents the amount of weight (in tons) that can be ad…

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Netrox · Answer 1 · 2018-12-04T16:16:07+0000

The maximum amount of weight that can be added to the truck while still meeting the weight restriction is 0.65 tons.

Inequality representing the weight restriction:

Let x represent the amount of weight (in tons) that can be added to the truck.

The inequality would be:

2.35 + x ≤ 3

To solve for x, we can subtract 2.35 from both sides:

x ≤ 3 - 2.35

x ≤ 0.65

The amount of weight that can be added:

The truck can safely add up to 0.65 tons of weight and still meet the weight restriction.