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.