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The scoop of an excavator holds 100m3 of sand. If the capacity of a freight car is 40 tons of sand and we know that 1m3 of sand weighs 1.5 tons, how many freight cars can the excavator fill with 100 scoops?

 May 16, 2016

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Let's first figure out how many tons 100 sccops is:

 

100 scoops  100 m3/scoop  1.5 ton/m3  = 15000 ton         15000ton / 40 ton/car = 375 cars

 May 16, 2016
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Let's first figure out how many tons 100 sccops is:

 

100 scoops  100 m3/scoop  1.5 ton/m3  = 15000 ton         15000ton / 40 ton/car = 375 cars

ElectricPavlov May 16, 2016
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100*1.5 = 150

150/40 = 3.75

3.75*100 = 375

375 Cars

 May 16, 2016

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