A truck that can carry no more than 6700 lb is being used to transport refrigerators and upright pianos. Each refrigerator weighs 250 lb and each piano weighs 475 lb. Write and graph an inequality to show how many refrigerators and how many pianos the truck could carry. Will 12 refrigerators and 9 pianos overload the truck? Explain.

Let x be the number of refrigerators in the truck and y be the number of pianos in the truck. Write an inequality to show how many refrigerators and how many pianos the truck could carry.

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Bandit

29 July, 02:06

A truck that can carry no more than 6700 lb is being used to transport refrigerators and upright pianos. Each refrigerator weighs 250 lb and each piano weighs 475 lb. Write and graph an inequality to show how many refrigerators and how many pianos the truck could carry. Will 12 refrigerators and 9 pianos overload the truck? Explain.

Let x be the number of refrigerators in the truck and y be the number of pianos in the truck. Write an inequality to show how many refrigerators and how many pianos the truck could carry.

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Peter Russell · Answer 1

The inequality is [250x+475y] / leq [6700]. The answer to the question is yes the truck is overloaded because if you plug the in the inputs, 7275 is not less than or equal to 6700.