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An adult blue whale weighs 120 tons. A baby blue whale weighs 1/40 of the weight of the adult blue whale. How many pounds does the baby blue whale weigh? Work also please

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do 120/1 times 1/40. You get 120/40. Simplify to get 3 tons. 1 ton= 2,000 pounds. so 3*2,000 is 6,000. So I believe the answer is 6,000 pounds.
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The correct answer is 30 pounds for the baby blue whale!

The only thing that you have to do is divide 120 tons by 1/4 tons, which equals to 30 tons! :D
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