A cargo van is carrying 20 identical cylinders. Each cylinder contains compressed oxygen. Altogether the cylinders weigh 1/2 of

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A cargo van is carrying 20 identical cylinders. Each cylinder contains compressed oxygen. Altogether the cylinders weigh 1/2 of

a ton. I'm tons what is the weight of each cylinder?

Mathematics

1 answer:

zzz [600] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-17T04:38:48+03:00

Answer: Each cylinder weighs 1/40 of a ton.

Step-by-step explanation:

If we were dealing with a total of 1 ton, than we can easily see that each cylinder would be one twentieth. Because we are dealing with a total of 1/2 ton, we can now figure out that each cylinder is 1/40 tons.