Problema Solution

Suppose you are working for a trucking company. Your job is to load a truck with at least 5000 lb of freight. You have loaded 2395 lb of freight, but you have to unload 50 lb that was loaded by mistake. Write and solve an inequality to find how many more pounds you need to load.

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let x = lbs of freight that you need to load


2395 - 50 + x >= 5000


by solving we find:


x >= 2,655 lbs


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you need to load ate least 2,655 lbs of freight.