Question

Norman weighed his loaded truck of apples at a weigh station. It weighed 15 tons 100 lbs. His empty truck weighed 3 tons 200 lbs. What was the weight of his load of apples?

Answer 1

11 tons, 1,900 lbs. (or you could say 23,900 lbs, it's the same)

1 ton equals 2000 lbs.
15 tons 100 lbs = 30,100 lbs
3 tons 200 lbs = 6,200 lbs.
30,100 - 6,200 = 23,900

Answer 2

The weight of apples is 11.95 tons.

Explanation:

The weight of the truck with load = 15 tons 100 pounds

The weight of the truck without load = 3 tons 200 pounds

We will convert all the values in tons.

1 pound = 0.0005 ton

100 pounds =
`100*0.0005=0.05` tons

So, truck with load weighs 15.05 tons

200 pounds =
`0.0005*200=0.10` tons

So, truck without load weighs 3.10 tons.

Difference in weighs is =
`15.05-3.10=11.95` tons

This difference is the weight of apples.

Therefore, the weight of apples is 11.95 tons.