You need to haul a load of patio bricks to a job site. Each brick weighs 4 pounds 14 ounces. Your truck can carry a 3/4 -ton load. How many bricks can your truck carry in a full load? A. 300 B. 307 C. 362 D. 409 E. 483
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First, we need to convert the weight of each brick to a common unit. Since there are 16 ounces in a pound, we can convert 4 pounds 14 ounces to ounces: (4 * 16) + 14 = 64 + 14 = 78 ounces. Show more…
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