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A dump truck is filled with 456.06 pounds of wood chips. It drops off 89.9 pounds at the playground. How many pounds of wood chips are left in the truck

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Answer:

Amount if wood chips left = 366.16 pounds

Explanation:

A dump truck is filled with 456.06 pounds of wood chips. This is the total amount of wood chips that the truck is carrying.

On getting to the playground, it drops off 89.9 pounds at the playground. This is a portion of the total amount of wood chips. The amount of wood chips left after dropping off 89.9 pounds at the playground is

Total amount of wood chips contained in the truck initially - the amount of wood chips dropped at the playground.

Number of pounds of wood chip left is

456.06 - 89.9 =366.16 pounds

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