A lorry carrying a load of thirty bags of sugar each 90 kg and forty bags of rice each 25 kg. If the load is...

      

A lorry carrying a load of thirty bags of sugar each 90 kg and forty bags of rice each 25 kg. If the load is half the mass of the lorry when empty, what is the total mass of the loaded lorry in tonnes?

A. 3.7
B. 5.55
C. 7.4
D. 11.1

  

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The correct answer is 5.55 tonnes [B]

-Mass of sugar= 30 x 90 = 2700 kg
-Mass of rice = 40 x 25 = 1, 000 kg
-Total mass of sugar and rice = 2700 + 1000 = 3700 kg
-Mass of the empty lorry

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Wilfykil answered the question on July 29, 2019 at 06:17

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