a moving company charges $0.70 per pound for a move from new york to florida. A family estimates that their belongings weigh 5 tons. about how much would it cost the family to move from new york to florida

Mathematics · Fri Aug 12 2022

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Given :

Weight of belongings = 5 ton

Cost of moving 1 pound = $0.70

We know, 1 ton = 2000 pound

So, Total weight (in pound) = 5 × 2000 

= 10,000 pound

Total cost = 10,000 × 0.70

= $ 7,000

 

So, it would cost the family $7,000 to move from new york to florida.