Question

Help me havig a hard time .

Answer 1

Conversion factor

What is the conversion factor?

It is a number used to change one unit to another when it is multiplied.

Jenna wants to know how many pounds correspond to 50 tons, she does know that 1 ton = 2,000lb. Then she has the following equivalence:

50 tons ⇄ ??

1 ton ⇄ 2,000 lb

We know that if we divide both sides of the equivalence we will have the same result:

`\frac{50\text{tons}}{1\text{ton}}=\frac{?\text{?}}{2000lb}`

Multiplying both sides by 2000lb we have that