A student council collects aluminum pop tabs to raise money to purchase a wheelchair.a company buys the pop tabs for $0.88 per kilogram .if 1267 pop tabs have a mass of one pound ,how many pop tabs are needed to purchase a wheelchair worth $1500? Show your work

Answer 1

1 pound = 0.453592 kilograms

1267 pop tabs = 0.453592 kilograms

1 kilogram = $0.88

$1500 / $0.88 = 1701.136 kilograms

1701.136 kilograms x 1267 pop tabs = 2,155,945.952 pop tabs

2,155,945.952 pop tabs are needed to purchase a wheelchair worth $1500.