Tyrone weighs a banana and finds it has a mass of 180 grams (g). He peels the banana, and finds the mass of the peel to be 60 g. If Tyrone slices his peeled banana into six equal pieces, about how many grams, should each piece weigh?
A.
9
B.
20
C.
40
D.
60
C. 40
First, we need to find the mass of the banana without the peel. Since the peel weighs 60g, the banana itself weighs 180g - 60g = 120g.
Next, we need to find the weight of each piece. Divide the weight of the banana (120g) by the number of pieces (6): 120g / 6 pieces = 20g per piece.
However, since the question is asking for the weight of each piece including the peel, we need to add the weight of the peel to the weight of each piece: 20g per piece + 60g = 40g per piece.