Question

recycling one metric ton of corrugated cardboard will sAVE ABOUT 17 TREES. a WAREHOUSE RECYCLED 14,327 KILOGRAMS OF CORRUGATED CARDBOARD OVER THE LAST YEAR. hOW MANY TREES DID THIS SAVE.

Answer 1

1 kg = 0.001 metric tons..so 14327 kg = (14327 * 0.001) = 14.327 metric tons
and if 1 metric tons saves 17 trees....then 14.327 tons saves : 14.327 * 17 = 243.559 saved trees...and since u cant have 0.559 trees, u would round to 243 trees

Answer 2

243 trees were saved.

Explanation:

Recycling one metric ton (1000 kg) of corrugated cardboard will save number of trees = 17

Warehouse recycled 14327 kg of cardboard last year. So we have to find the number of trees saved.

To find the number of trees we will use the unitary method.

∵ Recycling 1000 kg of cardboard number of trees saved = 17

∴ Recycling 1 kg cardboard number of trees saved =
`(17)/(1000)`

∴ 14327 kg cardboard will save the number of trees =
`(17)/(1000)* 14327`

= 243.559

≈ 243 trees

Therefore, 243 trees were saved.