Question

Andrew is at an airport where the largest airplane weighs 3 x 10^5 pounds and the smallest airplane weighs 12,500 pounds. How many times heavier is the largest airplane than the smallest airplane?

Answer 1

Answer:

The largest airplane is 24 times heavier than the smallest airplane.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have that the largest airplane weights $3 \times 10^{5}$ pounds and the smallest airplane weights 12,500 pounds, i.e., the smallest airplane weights 12,500 = $1.25 \times 10^{4}$ pounds. Then, if we divide the weight of the largest airplane between the weight of the smallest airplane we have $3 \times10^{5}/1.25 \times10^{4}=3 \times10/1.25=30/1.25=24$. Therefore, the largest airplane is 24 times heavier than the smallest airplane.