SOLUTION: The John Boy Peanut Butter Company produces 145 pounds of peanut butter in a day. Each Jar they fill holds 18 ounces of peanut butter. Each crate they ship can hold 24 jars. 1)How

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Question 1029286: The John Boy Peanut Butter Company produces 145 pounds of peanut butter in a day. Each Jar they fill holds 18 ounces of peanut butter. Each crate they ship can hold 24 jars.
1)How many jars can they fill with one day's production of peanut butter?
2)Use the answer from part A to determine how many full crates they can ship with a day-worth of jars?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use the known or given ratios:


Start the conversion from 145 pounds.

145%28pounds%2Fday%29%2A16%28ounces%2Fpound%29%2A%281%2F18%29%28jar%2Founces%29

That is the idea; stopping there just gives the number of jars for question #1.