We need to convert pounds to tons.
Lets type the covertion formula:
one pound is 0.0005 tons
so we use this conversion into the 12,000 pounds:
So let's use proportions:
[tex]\frac{0.0005}{1}=\frac{x}{12000}[/tex]So solving for x we get:
0.0005 times 12000 = 6 tons
which agrees with one of the answers listed.
