An elevator can carry up to 500 pounds. If it has three people weighing 140, 150, and 180 pounds, how many additional people can it carry?
Category: Brain Teasers · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Calculate the total weight first.
Answer
One more person weighing 30 pounds or less
Explanation
The total weight is 470 pounds, leaving 30 pounds for any additional weight.
This is a expert brain teasers riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is One more person weighing 30 pounds or less.
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