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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.

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Answer:

[tex]425\geq x[/tex]

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

Step-by-step explanation:

let x = remaining weight

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

800 - 280 - 95 >/= x

425 >/= x