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3.6 Exercise 45

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Maximum Load on a Stage In 2014, a high school stage collapsed in Fullerton, California, when 250 students got on stage for the finale of a musical production. Two dozen students were injured. The stage could support a maximum of 12,750 pounds. If the average weight of a student is assumed to be 140 pounds, what is the maximum number of students who could safely be on the stage?

OpenStax Elementary Algebra 2e, 3.6 Solve Applications with Linear Inequalities, exercise 45

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