Question

A delivery person uses a service elevator to bring boxes of books up to an office. The delivery person weighs 150lb and each box of books weighs 40lb. The maximum capacity of the elevator is 1140lb. How many boxes of books can the delivery person bring up at one​ time?

Answer 1

24

Explanation:

The delivery person can take 24 boxes of books up the elevator at one time. This was my process:

(1140-150) / 40

990 / 40

24.75

But you cannot have three quarters of a box so the final answer would be 24.