Question

Sarah works at a factory that makes boxes of cereal. Her job is to weigh each box to make sure they

are all the same and then package the boxes of cereal in cases to ship out to stores in other cities.
*There are 24 boxes in a case.
*Each box weighs 13 ounces.
*The weight of each box is accurate to within a 2% error.
On average, Sarah is able to package 100 cases of cereal in one day. She says that she packages
about 1,920 pounds of cereal in a day. Is Sarah's claim accurate?

Answer 1

Yes, 1920 pounds is an accurate measurement since this quantity is within the range 1,950 ±39 pounds.

Explanation: