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In Paris, the sculpture long-term parking, created by Armand Fernandez, contains 60 cars embedded in 40,000 pounds of concrete. How many tons of concrete are in 40,000 pounds?

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a)


\frac{1\text{ ton}}{2,000\text{ pounds}}

b)


\frac{1\text{ ton}}{2,000\text{ pounds}}\text{ }*\text{ }40,000\text{ pounds}

c)


\frac{1\text{ ton}}{2,000\text{ pounds}}\text{ }*\frac{\text{ }40,000\text{ pounds}}{1}\text{ = }\frac{40,000\text{ tons}}{2,000}\text{ = }20\text{ tons }

d) There are 20 tons in 40,000 pounds

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