Answer: 1.5 tons
Step-by-step explanation:
Given
The recycling center collected 48,000 ounces of aluminum can
An ounce is the unit of weight and it can be expressed in tons as
[tex]1\ \text{ounce}=3.125\times 10^{-5}\ \text{tons}[/tex]
[tex]\therefore 48,000\ \text{ounces} \equiv\ 3.125\times 10^{-5}\times 48,000=1.5\ \text{tons}[/tex]
