19. higher order thinking a railroad car container can hold 42,000 pounds. mr. evans wants to ship 90 ovens…
19. higher order thinking a railroad car container can hold 42,000 pounds. mr. evans wants to ship 90 ovens and some freezers in the same container. if each freezer weighs 600 pounds, how many freezers could be shipped in the container? explain.
Answer
Explanation:
Step1: Find weight of ovens
Let's assume each oven weighs 200 pounds (not given in the problem, but we need a value to solve. If we assume no - weight for ovens, the result will be different. For the sake of a general approach, assume a non - zero value. Here we just show the process). So the weight of 90 ovens is $90\times200 = 18000$ pounds.
Step2: Find remaining weight for freezers
The container can hold 42000 pounds. After accounting for the ovens, the remaining weight for freezers is $42000−18000=24000$ pounds.
Step3: Calculate number of freezers
Since each freezer weighs 600 pounds, the number of freezers $n=\frac{24000}{600}=40$.
Answer:
40