Question

If a bridge will hold only 4,500 kilograms and an empty truck weighs 26,500 hectograms, what’s the heaviest load the truck can safely carry across the bridge? Give the answer in kilograms.

Answer 1

It can carry 1850 kilograms across the bridge.

Answer 2

The answer is 1850 kilograms.

Explanation:

First we will convert 26,500 hectograms in kilograms.

1 hectogram = 0.1 kilograms

26,500 hectograms =
`26500*0.1=2650` kilograms.

Now given is :

The bridge will hold only 4,500 kilograms and an empty truck weighs 2650 kilograms.

Then the heaviest load the truck can safely carry across the bridge will be =

`4500-2650=1850` kilograms