Question

In Paris, the sculpture long-term parking, created by Armand Fernandez, contains 60 cars embedded in 40,000 pounds of concrete. How many tons of concrete are in 40,000 pounds?

Answer 1

a)

$\frac{1\text{ ton}}{2,000\text{ pounds}}$

b)

$\frac{1\text{ ton}}{2,000\text{ pounds}}\text{ }\times\text{ }40,000\text{ pounds}$

c)

$\frac{1\text{ ton}}{2,000\text{ pounds}}\text{ }\times\frac{\text{ }40,000\text{ pounds}}{1}\text{ = }\frac{40,000\text{ tons}}{2,000}\text{ = }20\text{ tons }$

d) There are 20 tons in 40,000 pounds