SOLUTION: Water weights about 62 ½ lbs. per cubic foot, and there about 7 ⅛ gallons in 1 cubic foot. If a 10-gallon can weight 16 lbs. when empty, how many cans of water can be hauled
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Question 984906: Water weights about 62 ½ lbs. per cubic foot, and there about 7 ⅛ gallons in 1 cubic foot. If a 10-gallon can weight 16 lbs. when empty, how many cans of water can be hauled in one ton truck?
Found 3 solutions by josgarithmetic, solver91311, macston:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
One-Ton truck:
1 ton is 2000 pounds.
You need to fix your question, but what you want is understandable.
You need to change the gallons into pounds; and you are interested in x, the number of cans to put onto the truck.
87.7193 pounds or about .
Remake the earlier equation as ;
To make practical sense, .
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Do the arithmetic and round down to the next lower whole number.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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weight/can=(62.43 lbs/cubic foot)(1 cubic foot/7.48 gallons)(10 gallons)+16lbs
weight/can=99.46 lbs/can
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2000 lbs/(99.46 lbs/can)=20.1 cans
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ANSWER: Twenty 10 gallon cans of water can be carried in a one ton truck.
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