Question

Help I need to work out how to complete this maths question and show my working out 48,000 oz = _________ T

Answer 1

well, we can look at it this way, we know that 1lb has 16oz, and that one Ton has 2,000 lbs, so one Ton is really (16)(2000) ounces, so then how many Tons in 48000 ounces?

`\begin{array}{ccll} Ton&Oz\\ \cline{1-2} 1 & (16)(2000)\\ T& 48000 \end{array} \implies \cfrac{1}{T}~~=~~\cfrac{(16)(2000)}{48000} \implies \cfrac{1}{T} ~~=~~ \cfrac{32000}{48000} \\\\\\ \cfrac{1}{T}=\cfrac{2}{3}\implies 3=2T\implies \cfrac{3}{2}=T\implies 1.5=T`