Please answer and explain how you received this answer. A cargo van is carrying 20 identical steel cylinders. Each cylinder contains compressed oxygen. Altogether, the cylinders weigh one half of a ton. In tons, what is the weight of each cylinder?

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0.5 / 20 = 0.025

Each cylinder weights 0.025 ton
0.025
40tons
0.025 ton
40 tons