A Strongman competitor moved an object weighing 142 kilograms. You want to know the weight of the object in pounds.

Question

Find this by completing the parts below.
(a) Let x be the unknown number of pounds. Using the values below, create a proportion that can be used to find x . Use the conversion 1 kilogram =2.2 pounds.
Values:
x 1 2.2 142
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(b) Use the proportion from part (a) to find the weight of the object in pounds. Do not round any computations.

Answer 1

(a) The proportion can be set up as follows:

x/1 = 142/2.2

(b) To find x, we can cross multiply and solve for x:

x = (1 * 142) / 2.2

x ≈ 64.545 pounds

Therefore, the weight of the object is approximately 64.545 pounds.