a) The service elevator at AR Hector Financial Complex has a maximum capacity of 2870 lbs.  If the elevator operator weighs 205 lbs and has to move  hundreds of boxes from the ground floor to the Penthouse,    if each box weighs 65 lbs,  what is the maximum number of  boxes  that can be safely conveyed on the elevator on each trip?

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(a) The service elevator at AR Hector Financial Complex has a maximum capacity of 2870 lbs. 

If the elevator operator weighs 205 lbs and has to move  hundreds of boxes from the ground floor to the Penthouse,    if each box weighs 65 lbs,  what is the maximum number of  boxes  that can be safely conveyed on the elevator on each trip?      

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