The Liberty Bell, a symbol of freedom in the United States, weighs 2,080 pounds. How many tons does the Liberty Bell weigh?

1 Short ton (US) = 0.8929 Long ton (UK): ...... 1 Long ton (UK)
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#" "2000^("lb") ("US")" "2240^("lb")("UK")#

Assuming that as it is the weight of the Liberty Bell we are talking about the US ton

#color(brown)("To convert the given weight in lb we need to divide by how many lb")# #color(brown)("there are in 1 ton.")#

So in fraction form we have #(2080^("lb"))/(2000^("lb")) " tons"#
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#color(brown)("You can manipulate the units of measurement in the same way")##color(brown)("you do the numbers.")#

we divide the given weight in lb by the count of lb in 1 ton. So we have:

#"lb"-: ("lb")/("ton") " "->" " cancel("lb")xx("ton")/(cancel("lb")) " "->" ton"#

So the lb symbols cancel out just leaving the ton symbol
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#1/2000# can be written as #1/2xx1/1000#

So we have:

#1/2xx2080/1000" "=" "1/2xx2.080" "=" "1.040" ton"#