Question

Raul and his friends each way 1/20 of a ton are standing on a truck scale . The total weight shown by the scale is 3/4 of a ton . How can I find the total number of people on the scale when Raul and his friends are weighed?

Answer 1

Answer: There are 15 friends.

Explanation:

We know that there is N friends (N is the number that we are looking for)

Each friend weights 1/20 ton.

Now, the weight of the N friends together is N times 1/20 ton.

Then we have:

N*(1/20) ton = 3/4 ton

We solve this for N.

First multiply both sides by 20.

20*N*(1/20) = N = 20*(3/4) = 60/4 = 15