Question

Someone please help me I only have until January 18th to turn this in. Question: Mr Lopez picks up 2 pallets of dog food to deliver to the animal shelter. Each pallet contains 40 bags of dog food, and the dog food weighs 37 1/2 pounds pet bag. What is the total weight, in tons, of the dog food Mr. Lopez delivers to the animal shelter?

Answer 1

Answer:

Mr. Lopez delivers 1.5 tons of dog food to the animal shelter.

Step-by-step explanation:

Mr Lopez picks up 2 pallets of dog food to deliver to the animal shelter. Each pallet contains 40 bags of dog food, and the dog food weighs 37 1/2 pounds pet bag.

The weight of 1 bag of dog food = $37\frac{1}{2}\text{ pounds }$

The weight of 40 bags of dog food = $40 \times 37\frac{1}{2} =1500 \text{ pounds }$

Each pallet weighs = 1500 pounds

2 pallets weighs = 1500×2=3000 pounds.

We know that 2000 pounds = 1 ton

$\frac{3000}{2000} \text{ pounds}=1.5 \text{ tons}$

Hence, Mr. Lopez delivers 1.5 tons of dog food to the animal shelter.