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  • 01-04-2021
  • Mathematics
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The recycling center collected 48,000 ounces of
aluminum cans last week. How many tons of
aluminum did the recycling center collect?

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  • 08-04-2021

Answer: 1.5 tons

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

The recycling center collected 48,000 ounces of aluminum can

An ounce is the unit of weight and it can be expressed in tons as

[tex]1\ \text{ounce}=3.125\times 10^{-5}\ \text{tons}[/tex]

[tex]\therefore 48,000\ \text{ounces} \equiv\ 3.125\times 10^{-5}\times 48,000=1.5\ \text{tons}[/tex]

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