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An empty bulldozer weighed 5 8/10 tons if it scooped up 7 1/10 tons of dirt, what would be the combined weight of the bulldozer and dirt

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Answer:

12 9/10 tons

Explanation:

The answer would be 12 9/10 tons. The only thing you are doing is adding them together.

Correct me ANYONE if I'm wrong.

User Richard Hunter
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Answer:The combined weight of the bulldozer and dirt is 12 8/10 tons

Explanation:

The weight of the empty bulldozer is 5 8/10 tons. We would simplify the weight of the bulldozer by converting 5 8/10 tons to improper fraction, it becomes (50 + 8)/10 = 58/10 tons.

It scooped up 7 1/10 tons of dirt. Converting the weight of the dirt to improper fraction, it becomes

(70 + 1)/10 = 70/10 tons

The combined weight of the bulldozer and dirt would be the weight of the bulldozer + the weight of the dirt. It becomes. It becomes

58/10 + 70/10 = (58 + 70)/10 =

128/10 = 12 8/10 tons

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