Fifteen students are able to pick up a sports car and turn it around. If each student can lift 100 lbs, what is the weight of the car?

Fifteen students are able to pick up a sports car and turn it around. If each student can lift 100 lbs, what is the weight of the car?

Let X represent the weight of the car. Since it took 15 students who each can lift 100 lbs the equation is very straightforward. 15(100) X (Simplify the LHS ) 1500 X Thus the car is 1500 lbs.

the car weighs 1,500 pounds, OR LESS {My thumbs down is light weight given the comments.}