The Liberty Bell, a symbol of freedom in the United States, weighs 2,080 pounds. How many tons does the Liberty Bell weigh?

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Mila Anderson · Accepted Answer

1.040 ton (US)

1 Short ton (US) = 0.8929 Long ton (UK): ...... 1 Long ton (UK) #" "darr" "darr# #" "2000^("lb") ("US")" "2240^("lb")("UK")# Assuming that as it is the weight of the Liberty Bell we are talking about the US ton #color(brown)("To convert the given weight in lb we need to divide by how many lb")# #color(brown)("there are in 1 ton.")# So in fraction form we have #(2080^("lb"))/(2000^("lb")) " tons"# ............................................................................................................. #color(brown)("You can manipulate the units of measurement in the same way")##color(brown)("you do the numbers.")# we divide the given weight in lb by the count of lb in 1 ton. So we have: #"lb"-: ("lb")/("ton") " "->" " cancel("lb")xx("ton")/(cancel("lb")) " "->" ton"# So the lb symbols cancel out just leaving the ton symbol ............................................................................................................... #1/2000# can be written as #1/2xx1/1000# So we have: #1/2xx2080/1000" "=" "1/2xx2.080" "=" "1.040" ton"#

Genesis Amaya · Answer

undefined The Liberty Bell weighs 1.04 tons.