Certainly! Let's solve the problem step-by-step.
We need to find out how many 48-kilo bags of cement a car can carry if the car's total carrying capacity is 600 kilos.
1. Identify the total carrying capacity of the car:
- The car can carry a total of 600 kilos.
2. Identify the weight of each cement bag:
- Each bag of cement weighs 48 kilos.
3. Determine how many 48-kilo bags the car can carry:
- To find out how many bags the car can carry, we need to divide the total carrying capacity of the car by the weight of one cement bag.
[tex]\[
\text{Number of bags} = \frac{\text{Total carrying capacity}}{\text{Weight of one bag}}
\][/tex]
4. Perform the division:
[tex]\[
\text{Number of bags} = \frac{600 \text{ kilos}}{48 \text{ kilos/bag}}
\][/tex]
5. Calculate the result:
- When you divide 600 by 48, you get 12.5. However, since the car can only carry whole bags of cement, we consider only the whole number:
[tex]\[
\frac{600}{48} = 12 \text{ whole bags}
\][/tex]
Thus, the car can carry 12 bags of cement, each weighing 48 kilos, at a time.
