PICKUP TRUCKS You can register a pickup truck as a passenger vehicle if the
truck is not used for commercial purposes and the weight of the truck with
its contents does not exceed 8500 pounds.
a. Your pickup truck weighs 4200 pounds. Write an inequality to represent the
number of pounds your truck can carry and still qualify as a passenger vehicle.
Then solve the inequality.
b. Acubic yard of sand weighs about
1600 pounds, How many cubic yards of
sand can you haul in your truck and still
quality as a passenger vehicle? Explain
your reasoning
Show your work.

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