Question

Andrew is at an airport where the largest airplane weighs 3 x 10^5 pounds and the smallest airplane weighs 12,500 pounds. How many times heavier is the largest airplane than the smallest airplane?

Answer 1

The largest airplane is 24 times heavier than the smallest airplane.

Explanation:

We have that the largest airplane weights
`3 * 10^(5)` pounds and the smallest airplane weights 12,500 pounds, i.e., the smallest airplane weights 12,500 =
`1.25 * 10^(4)` pounds. Then, if we divide the weight of the largest airplane between the weight of the smallest airplane we have
`3 *10^(5)/1.25 *10^(4)=3 *10/1.25=30/1.25=24`. Therefore, the largest airplane is 24 times heavier than the smallest airplane.