A car ferry can hold up to 70 tons of cargo. What is the greatest number of vehicles that the ferry can carry if half the vehicles are cars with an average (arithmetic mean) weight of 0.75 tons and half of the vehicles are trucks with an average (arithmetic mean) weight of 5 tons?	Select:
A) 12	B) 24	C) 36	D) 48	E) 60
The weight of one car and one truck is 5.75 tons.   70/5.75 = 12 plus a remainder   The ferry could carry 12 cars and 12 trucks for a total of 24 vehicles.   The answer is 24.
<result>B</result>
A car ferry can hold up to 70 tons of cargo. What is the greatest number of vehicles that the ferry can carry if half the vehicles are cars with an average (arithmetic mean) weight of 0.75 tons and half of the vehicles are trucks with an average (arithmetic mean) weight of 5 tons?