High School

A local school donated canned goods to help the community. Cans were packed into boxes each weighing 16.4 pounds. The volunteers packed 9 boxes. How many total pounds of food did they collect?

A. 97.6
B. 147.6
C. 976
D. 1,476

Answer :

Answer:

147.6 pounds of food

Step-by-step explanation:

Each box weighed 16.4pounds, if the volunteers packed 9 boxes, we need to calculate the total pounds of food collected. Using the equality postulate;

1 box = 16.4 pounds

9 boxes = x pounds of food

Cross multiply;

1 * x = 9 * 16.4

x = 147.6 pounds of food

Hence the volunteers collected 147.6 total pounds of food

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