SOLUTION: If 3/8" nuts weigh 1.5 pounds per hundred pieces and there are 8,500 nuts per keg, how much would one keg weight?

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Question 4590: If 3/8" nuts weigh 1.5 pounds per hundred pieces and there are 8,500 nuts per
keg, how much would one keg weight?
Answer by Abbey(339) About Me  (Show Source):
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8500%2F100=85
so we have 85 groups of 100 pieces
each 100 piece group weighs 1.5 pounds
so 85 of these groups would weigh:
1.5*85=127.5 pounds