Darnell rented a moving truck. The weight of the empty truck was 7,860 pounds. When Darnell filled the truck with his items, it weighed 6 tons. What was the weight in pounds of the items that Darnell placed in the truck?

1 Answer
Mar 14, 2018

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

First, we need to determine the total weight of the filled truck in pounds.

#1" ton" = 2000" pounds"#

Therefore:

#color(red)(6) xx 1" ton" = color(red)(6) xx 2000" pounds"#

#6" tons" = 12000" pounds"#

Now we can subtract the weight of the empty truck from the weight of the full truck to find the weight of Dernell's items:

#12000" pounds" - 7860" pounds" = 4140" pounds"#

Darnell's items weighed 4,140 pounds