The titanic had about half as many plates as they did pieces of silverware .About how many plates did they have ?

The answer is below

Step-by-step explanation:

1) Since the titanic was scheduled to reach on April 17 after leaving on April 10, this means that 7 days was spent on the voyage. The total amount of meat available was 75000 pounds, hence:

number of meat per day = total amount of meat / number of days = 75000 / 7 = 10714 pounds per day.

2) Total number of silverware is 44000. Hence:

Total plates = half of total silverware = 44000/2 = 22000

3) There are 3000 potatoes in a ton, and a total of 40 tons was available on the titanic. Hence:

Total number of potatoes = 40 tons * 3000 potatoes per ton = 120000 potatoes

the correct answer is the second option

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