A truck can carry a 3.5 ton load. How many packs of roof shingles weighing 85 lb each can it carry?
Question
A truck can carry a 3.5 ton load. How many packs of roof shingles weighing 85 lb each can it carry?
Solution
Sure, let's break it down:
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First, we need to convert the truck's load capacity from tons to pounds, because the weight of the roof shingles is given in pounds. There are 2000 pounds in a ton, so a 3.5 ton load is equivalent to 3.5 * 2000 = 7000 pounds.
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Next, we divide the total weight the truck can carry by the weight of one pack of shingles to find out how many packs it can carry. So, 7000 pounds / 85 pounds/pack = approximately 82.35 packs.
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Since we can't have a fraction of a pack, we round down to the nearest whole number.
So, the truck can carry 82 packs of roof shingles.
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