Question

Gene is a driver for Detroit Trucking in Michigan. He enters a net weight of 6 tons into his delivery log before he leaves for Toronto, Canada. He will need to change this weight to metric tons at the first Canadian weigh station. How many metric tons will Gene deliver to Canada?

Answer 1

Gene will deliver approximately 5.44 metric tons to Canada after converting 6 short tons using the conversion rate of 1 ton being equivalent to 0.907185 metric tons.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks how many metric tons will Gene deliver to Canada if he enters a net weight of 6 tons into his delivery log before leaving for Toronto, Canada. To convert from tons (also known as short tons) to metric tons, we need to know that 1 ton (short ton) is equivalent to 0.907185 metric tons. Since Gene is transporting 6 tons, the conversion to metric tons is as follows:

• 6 tons × 0.907185 = 5.44311 metric tons

Therefore, Gene will deliver approximately 5.44 metric tons to Canada.