Question

A moving company charges $0.60 per pound for a move from New York to Florida. A family estimates that their belongings weigh about tons. About how much would it cost the family to move from New York to Florida?$6,000$4,800$10,000$2,400

Answer 1

From the question;

A moving company charges $0.60 per pound for a move from New York to Florida

that is

`1\text{ pound = \$0.60}`

A family estimates that their belongings weigh about 4 tons.

we need to find the cost of moving 4 tons of the family belongings

First, we need to convert tons to pounds

`\begin{gathered} 1\text{ tons = 2000 pounds } \\ \text{therefore} \\ 4\text{ tons = 4 }*2000\text{ pounds} \\ 4\text{ tons = 8000 pounds } \end{gathered}`

The cost of moving 4 tons of belongings = cost of moving 8000 pounds of belongings

Thats

`\begin{gathered} \cos t\text{ of moving 8000 pounds = 8000 }*\text{ \$0.60} \\ \cos t\text{ of moving 8000 pounds = \$4,800} \end{gathered}`

Therefore,

It will cost the family $4,800 to move 4 tons of belongings from New York to Florida