Question

A municipal trash facility allows a person to throw away a maximum of 40 pounds of trash per week. Last week, 195 people threw away the maximum allowable trash. How many tons of trash did this equal

Answer 1

The total tons of trash that was thrown away by the people is 3.9 tons.

How many tons of thrash was thrown away?

The first step is to convert pounds to tons

1 pound  = 0.0005 tons

40 x 0.0005 = 0.02 tons

The second step is to multiply 0.02 by 195

0.02 x 195 = 3.9 tons

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