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Geologists in Antarctica find an average of 7 meteorite fragments in every 500 tons of gravel they sift

through. How much gravel must they sift through in order to get 100 fragments?
***round to nearest hundreth of a ton***

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Explanation:

Explanation: 7 fragments =500 tons of gravel. 100 fragments = 5007⋅100=7142.86 tons of gravel.

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