<span>2,000 pounds are a short ton also sometimes referred to as an English ton. Your 20,000 pounds are therefore 10 short tons. By contrast the Metric ton is 1,000 kg or 2,204 American pounds.
2000 pounds = 1 short ton
2240 pounds = 1 long ton</span>
Answer:
140
Step-by-step explanation:
When working HCF and LCM problems, I like to think in terms of this little diagram:
(a [ b ) c]
It shows me one of the numbers is ab, the other is bc, the HCF is b and the LCM is abc. "a" and "c" must be relatively prime for "b" to be the HCF.
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Here, we're given ...
b = 20
ab = 320
abc = 2240
Then ...
c = abc/(ab) = 2240/320 = 7
x = bc = 20(7) . . . . . . equivalently, x = (abc·b)/(ab) = (2240·20)/320
x = 140
