SOLUTION: If T tons of snow fall in 1 second, how many tons fall in M minutes. Answer is 60MT- Can anyone go into detail in figuring out how that is the answer?

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Question 622847: If T tons of snow fall in 1 second, how many tons fall in M minutes.
Answer is 60MT- Can anyone go into detail in figuring out how that is the answer?

Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In words:
tons of snowfall = ( rate of snow fall ) x ( time of snowfall )
Time = minutes
( rate of snowfall ) = tons/sec
and
( tons/sec ) x ( sec/min) = tons/min
tons/min
Since the time is in minutes, all the units agree
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tons of snowfall =

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