John is ordering 5bags of cat food from Canada. Each bag has a mass of 6 kg. To determine the shipping costs, John needs to know the total weight in pounds. What is the weight of the cat food in pounds?

Respuesta :

Given,

The number of cat food bags is 5.

The mass of 1 bag is 6 kg.

Required:

The total weight of the food in pounds.

The weight of bags in kilogram is,

[tex]\begin{gathered} Weight\text{ of bags = number of bags}\times mass\text{ of 1 bag} \\ =5\times6 \\ =30\text{ kg} \end{gathered}[/tex]

As known that,

1 kg = 2.2046 pounds.

SO,

The weight of food in pounds is:

[tex]\begin{gathered} 1\text{ kg = 2.2046 pounds} \\ 30\text{ kg = 30}\times2.2046\text{ pounds} \\ =66.1387\text{ pounds} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Hence, the weight of the food in pounds is 66.1387 pounds.