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A truck is carrying 9 cars weighing an average of 4,500 pounds each. what is the total weight in tons of the cars on the truck.

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2.25 tons
Explanation:
It is a conversion problem. The connection between ton and pound is in the following order:
1 pound = 0.0005 tons
By multiplying each side by 4500 we can easily find the answer of this problem:
4500 pounds = 2.25 tons
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