When 500 phone books are recycled, which of the following statements is false?

a.
conserves around 9 cubic yards in landfill space
b.
conserves around 17-31 trees
c.
conserves around 4,077 kilowatt hours of energy
d.
conserves around 463 gallons of oil

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Answer:

a.  conserves around 9 cubic yards in landfill space

Step-by-step explanation:

When 500 phone books are recycled, then false statement is option (a) Conserves around 9  cubic yards in landfill space

What is unit?

A unit of measurement is a definite magnitude of a quantity, defined and adopted by convention or by law, that is used as a standard for measurement of the same kind of quantity.

What is area?

Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a region on the plane or on a curved surface.

First statement states that " conserve around 9 cubic yards in landfill space"

But here unit of landfill space is wrong. Because landfill space is a quantity that always express in area. Unit of area in the statement statement should be square yards not cubic yards

The remaining quantities units are consistent with what they represent.

Hence, When 500 phone books are recycled, then false statement is option (a) Conserves around 9  cubic yards in landfill space.

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