123k views
25 votes
A bag of cement weighs 50 kg. A lorry carrying 5 t of cement breaks down. the cement is then transported in a pick up which can carry 10 bags at a time. how many trips does the pick-up make?​

1 Answer

12 votes

Answer:

10 trips

Explanation:

50kg in a bag, 4535.92 kg in 5 tons

4535.92kg/50kg = 90.7184

90/10 = 9 trips

but there's still 0.7184 bag left, so the pick-up would need to make 10 trips.

User Pstraton
by
8.7k points
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.

9.4m questions

12.2m answers

Categories