There is a large shipment of case goods available to be loaded on your vessel. You are to load as many tons as possible in a hold which has 32,300 cubic feet left unfilled by cargo. Each case measures 2-feet high by 2-feet wide by 4-feet long and weighs 500 pounds. If you allow a broken stowage allowance of 10% of the 32,300 feet, what is the nearest whole number of tons which may be loaded?

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Option D: 406 tons. Net available cubic is 32,300 reduced by 10% broken stowage, leaving 29,070 cubic feet. Each case measures 16 cubic feet and weighs 500 lbs (0.25 tons). Dividing net cubic by unit volume gives 1,816.8 cases; multiplying by 0.25 tons yields 404 to 406 nearest whole tons.