SOLUTION: A bushel of apples weighs about 42 pounds. Bills truck can carry 7,000pounds. If he loads 150 bushels of apples, how many more pounds can the truck carry?

Question 179023: A bushel of apples weighs about 42 pounds. Bills truck can carry 7,000pounds. If he loads 150 bushels of apples, how many more pounds can the truck carry?
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1 bushel apples=42 pounds
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150 bushels times 42 pounds per bushel
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150(42)=6300 pounds loaded
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if he can carry 7000 pounds, then we subtract what he has already loaded(6300)
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from what he can carry(7000)
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7000-6300=700 pounds his truck can still carry
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