What is the conversion factor?
It is a number used to change one unit to another when it is multiplied.
Jenna wants to know how many pounds correspond to 50 tons, she does know that 1 ton = 2,000lb. Then she has the following equivalence:
50 tons ⇄ ??
1 ton ⇄ 2,000 lb
We know that if we divide both sides of the equivalence we will have the same result:
[tex]\frac{50\text{tons}}{1\text{ton}}=\frac{?\text{?}}{2000lb}[/tex]Multiplying both sides by 2000lb we have that
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