A cable repair person has 8.7 meters of wire. Suppose each meter of the wire weighs 2.8 ounces. Find the weight of the wire.

Weight of wire of 8.7 meters is 24.36 ounces

Solution:

Given that cable repair person has 8.7 meters of wire

Each meter of the wire weighs 2.8 ounces

To find: Weight of wire

From given information,

weight of 1 meter of wire = 2.8 ounces

Therefore weight of 8.7 meters of wire is found by multiplying weight of 1 meter of wire by 8.7

weight of 8.7 meter of wire = weight of 1 meter of wire x 8.7

weight of 8.7 meter of wire = 2.8 x 8.7 = 24.36

Therefore weight of wire of 8.7 meters is 24.36 ounces