Mandy works construction. She has a 5-meter long metal bar that weighs 40 kg. What is the weight of the metal bar that is 3 meters long? Please show your work if you can!

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Mandy works construction. She has a 5-meter long metal bar that weighs 40 kg. What is the weight of the metal bar that is 3 meters long?

Please show your work if you can!

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middle-school

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It should be 24 because 5:40 have the same ratio as 3:24

Robert Kniazidis answered Oct 26, 2022

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Answer:

24 kg

Explanation:

Simple!

Divide 40kg by 5 meters to get 8kg/m

Then plug this into the equation 3m=?kg to get 24kg.

Chris Klingler answered Oct 29, 2022

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