A worker at a mill is loading 5 pound bags of flour into boxes to deliver to a local warehouse. Each box holds 16 bags of flour. If the warehouse orders 4 tons of flour how many boxes are needed to fulfill the order ?

100 boxes are needed to fulfill the order

Step-by-step explanation:

In this question, we are concerned with calculating the number of boxes that are needed to fulfill an order.

Each of the boxes contain 16 bags of flour and each of these bags weigh 5 pounds. What this means is that each of the boxes will have a net weight of 5 * 16 = 80 pounds

Mathematically, 1 ton is the equivalent of 2,000 pounds. Hence, 4 tons is the equivalent of 4 * 2000 = 8,000 pounds

Thus, the number of boxes needed will be 8,000/80 = 100 boxes

option a is correct.

step-by-step explanation:

scale factor: it is used to find proportional measurements.

proportions means having the same ratio.

scale factor is the ratio of the model measurement to the actual measurement in a simplest form.

or we can say that the ratio of any two corresponding lengths in two similar geometric figures

if the scale factor is more than 1, then it is an enlargement,

if the scale factor less than 1, then it is a reduction.

given the two geometric figure:

by definition of proportions, we have