Question

A moving company charges $0.70 per pound for a move from New York to Florida. A family estimates that their belongings weigh about 5 tons. About how much would it cost the family to move from New York to Florida?

Answer 1

Answer:

When we are moving things of 5 tons when the amount $0.70 per one pound, from New York to Florida the total cost it will be $7000

Solution:  

From question given data are

The amount charge per one pound when we transferring from New York to Florida = $0.70

The total amount for 5 tons when we transferring from New York to Florida  is to be found out.

We know that 1 ton = 2000 pounds.

In order to find the total amount per one ton = $2000 \times 0.70$

$=2000 \times \frac{70}{100}$  = 1400

The total amount per one ton = $ 1400

In the given problem the total amount per 5 ton = $5 \times 1400$  = $ 7000

Hence, when we are moving things of 5 tons when the amount $0.70 per one pound, from New York to Florida the total cost it will be $7000

Answer 2

Answer:

The total cost to move the belongings from New York to Florida is $7000$

Solution:

Given that,

Cost per pound to move from New York to Florida is $0.70$

Total weight of the belongings is 5 tons

To find: The total cost

The value of 1 ton in pounds is 2000

$\therefore 5 tons = 2000\times 5 = 10,000 pounds$

So, the total cost to move the belongings from New York to Florida is $total weight \times cost per pound$.

Total cost = $0.70\ \times 10000 = \frac{700000}{100} = 7000$