Gerald’s bucket lost a total of 8/5 in. of water when the hot summer sun came out. He estimated that he lost 2/15 in. an hour. How many hours did it take Gerald to lose 8/5 in. of water? Write an expression to represent the problem, then solve the problem by showing all of your steps.
Explain what your solution means in the context of the problem.

Acompany manufactures large valves, packed in boxes. a shipment consists of 1500 valves packed in 75 boxes. each box has the outer dimensions 1.2 x 0.8 x 1.6 m and the inner dimensions 1.19 x 0.79 x 1.59 m. the boxes are loaded on a vehicle (truck + trailer). the available capacity in the vehicle combination is 140 m3. each valve has a volume of 0.06 m3. - calculate the load factor on the box level (%). - calculate the load factor on the vehicle level (%). - calculate the overall load factor (%).