Question

The flight from Edmonton to Montreal in 1983 was almost a huge disaster due to a math error. If

they had 22,300 pounds (10,100 kg) of fuel instead of the 22,300 kilograms they needed, how many
kilograms were they short? *

Answer 1

12,200 Kgs

Explanation:

This is a simple case of subtraction.

-Given that the flight had 10,100 kg instead of 22,300 kgs.

-The difference is calculated as;

`\bigtriangleup=22300-10100\\\\=12,200\ kg`

Hence, the flight was shot 12,200 kg of fuel

*Note however that the standard conversion ratio is 1 Kg= 2.20462 lbs