Question

8. An elephant weighs 74,416 ounces. How many tons does it weigh?

Answer 1

To know how many tons does the elephant weigh, we have to do a convertion:

1 ounce=3.125x10^-5 ton

`74.416ounces*\frac{3.125*10^(-5)}{1\text{ ounce}}=2.3255*10^(-3)`

The elephant weighs 2.3255x10^-3 tons