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A dump truck has 3.5 tons of stones in it. A loader can pick up 1.5 tons per scoop. if we want a total of 14 tons of stones in the dump truck, how many scoops must we add to the…

A dump truck has 3.5 tons of stones in it. A loader can pick up 1.5 tons per scoop. if we want a total of 14 tons of stones in the dump truck, how many scoops must we add to the…
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A dump truck has 3.5 tons of stones in it. A loader can pick up 1.5 tons per scoop. if we want a total of 14 tons of stones in the dump truck, how many scoops must we add to the truck? SHOW WORK PLEASE!!

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User Qiang Jin
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You must add 7 scoops to the truck.

Step-by-step explanation

14 - 3.5 = 10.5 tons needed

10.5 ÷ 1.5 = 7 scoops needed

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User Ujjwal Agrawal
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