document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1043798>Question 1043798</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> in the united states, 55 million computers, 32 million televisions, and 150 million cellphones were either disposed of or recycled in the past year. if 30% of computers, 20% of televisions, and 10% of cellphones were recycled, and the average weight of a television is ten times the average weight of a computer and 100 times the average weight of a cellphone, what is the approximate percentage by weight of recycled electronics made up of cellphones?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "weight of a computer =100x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "weight of a TV=1000x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16.5 million computers, 6.4 million televisions, and 15 million cellphones were recycled.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is 1.65 x 10^9  x pounds for computers (16.5 million * 100x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6.4 x 10 ^9  x pounds of televisions<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.5 x 10^7  x mpounds of cellphones.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The total weight is 8,065,000,000  x pounds, and 15,000,000x is cellphone<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That fraction is 0.00186 or 0.186% cellphone (the x cancel) by weight. </SPAN>\n" );
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