A tractor trailer truck carrying boxes of toy rubber ducks stops at a weigh station on the highway. The driver is told that the truck weighs 44,000 pounds.

c. The truck drops off its load of toys, then stops at a second weigh station. Now the truck weighs 33,000 pounds. What is its weight in newtons?

D. Challenge! Find the total mass of the rubber duck filled boxes that were carried by the truck.

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Bradley Watson

2 February, 23:27

A tractor trailer truck carrying boxes of toy rubber ducks stops at a weigh station on the highway. The driver is told that the truck weighs 44,000 pounds.

c. The truck drops off its load of toys, then stops at a second weigh station. Now the truck weighs 33,000 pounds. What is its weight in newtons?

D. Challenge! Find the total mass of the rubber duck filled boxes that were carried by the truck.

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Dakota Fleming · Answer 1

A. If there are 4.4 newtons in a pound, what is the weight of the toy-filled truck in newtons?

193,600 N

b. What is the mass of the toy-tilled truck?

19755.1 kg

c. The truck drops off its load of toys, then stops at a second weigh station. Now the truck weighs 33,000 pounds. What is its weight in newtons?

145,200 N

d. Challenge! Find the total mass of the rubber duck-filled boxes that were carried by the truck.

4,938.8 kg