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126314 tickets have been sold to a concert. On average, each ticket holder throws away 942grams of rubbish. The rubbish will be taken away in trucks that must not carry more than 575 kilograms each.
Estimate the number of trucks that will be needed?

126314 tickets have been sold to a concert On average each ticket holder throws away 942grams of rubbish The rubbish will be taken away in trucks that must not class=

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So, there are 118,987,788 grams of rubbish in total, which is equal to 118,987.788 kg of rubbish (as there are 1000g to a kilogram). Therefore, there are 118,987.788/575 = 206.94 trucks required, and thus 207 trucks will be required to carry the rubbish, as you can't have 0.94 of a truck. 

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