Answer:
3,000 pounds
Explanation:
If the question gives you 5 : 12, you'd need to find the unit rate first (1 pound is equal to 2.40 dollars.)
let's make a table to make this easier
2.4 12 7,200
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1 5 ?
so first we went from 2.4 to 12. what's the difference? we multiplied by 5 and we do he same thing with the bottom. now what's the difference between 12 and 7,200? we can easily solve this by dividing (which gives us with 600). now we do the same to the bottom (5 × 600) and now we multiply (3,000)
2.4 12 7,200
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1 5 3,000
Hope I made sense! good luck!