Answer:
1.75 tons, one ton is 2000 pounds, and there are 1500 pounds left which is .75 of a ton. Hope this helps!
Let's say "p" people were going to the expedition initially, and the cost for each was "c", now, we know the total cost is 1800, so for "p", folks that'd be 1800/p how much each one cost, namely, how many times "p" goes into 1800.
well, prior to leaving, 15 dropped out, so that leaves us with " p - 15 ", and the cost "c" bumped up to " c + 27 " for each.

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well, you can't have a negative value of people... so it has to be 40.
so, 40 folks were initially going, then 15 dropped out, how many went on the expedition? 40 - 15.
A) The amount financed is the purchase amount less the down payment.
$2,574.54 -574.54 = $2000.00
B) The finance charge is the total of payments less the amount financed.
18*$121.00 -2000.00 = $178.00
C) The APR is calculated by a financial calculator to be 10.96%.