# Sugar

From 3 tons of sugar beet was produced 480 kg of sugar. How many tons of sugar was produced from 17.5 tons of sugar beet?

Result

x =  2.8 t

#### Solution:

$x=17.5 \cdot \ 0.480/3=\dfrac{ 14 }{ 5 }=2.8 \ \text{t}$

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