You must load as much of a large shipment of case goods as possible into a hold which has 24,400 cubic feet of space. Each case measures 2 feet by 2 feet by 4 feet and weighs 448 pounds. If you allow for broken stowage of 15%, how many long tons can be loaded?

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Option A: 259. Net cubic capacity is 20,740 cu ft after 15% broken stowage from 24,400 cu ft. Each case volume is 16 cu ft with a 448 lb weight, resulting in 1,296 cases totaling 580,608 lbs, which converts to approximately 259 long tons.