Arailroad car container can hold 42,000 pounds. mr. evans wants to ship 90 ovens and some freezers in the same container. if each freezer weighs 600 pounds, how many freezers can be shipped in the container? explain

40

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given that

A railroad container can hold weight=42,000 pounds

Total number of ovens for ship=90

Weight of each oven=200 lbs

Weight of each freezer=600 pounds

We have to find the number of freezer can be shipped in the container.

Let x be the number of freezer can be shipped in the container.

According to question

Hence, 40 freezer can be shipped in the container.

the simplified form is

step-by-step explanation:

we want to simplify the expression,

let us change the middle bar to a normal division sign to obtain,

we multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction to obtain,

we factor to obtain,

we cancel the common factors to get,

we simplify to get,

the correct answer is b