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A large cargo ship can carry between 10,000 and 15,000 shipping containers. About how many cargo ships would be needed to carry the 210,000 containers of plastic the United States ships for recycling each year? Explain or show your reasoning.

Answer 1

To carry 210,000 containers, between 14 and 21 large cargo ships would be required, depending on their capacity to hold 10,000 to 15,000 containers each.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the number of cargo ships needed to carry 210,000 containers, we use the capacity range given for large cargo ships, which is between 10,000 and 15,000 shipping containers. To find the minimum number of ships needed, we divide the total number of containers by the maximum capacity of one ship, and to find the maximum number of ships needed, we do the same using the minimum capacity.

Using the maximum capacity (15,000 containers per ship), we calculate:

• 210,000 containers ÷ 15,000 containers/ship = 14 ships

Using the minimum capacity (10,000 containers per ship), we calculate:

• 210,000 containers ÷ 10,000 containers/ship = 21 ships

Therefore, depending on the actual ship capacities utilized, between 14 and 21 cargo ships would be needed to carry all 210,000 containers for recycling.

Answer 2

1ship=15,000containers what about 210,000 containers

210000×1÷15,000=14cargo ships