How many pounds are in 100 tons?

IDK anything about this.

1 Answer
Apr 13, 2018

200000 pounds.

Explanation:

This is basically all direct proportion, which involves cross multiplication and division. Let the final answer be #x#.

1 ton = 2000 pounds
100 tons = #x# pounds

So it'll be like this if you cross multiply.

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Then once you have those laid out, simply divide them like this:

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So, #x# = 200000 pounds. Hope this helped!