At your gym, the bar you lift weighs 45 pounds. You add weights to the bar that are 10 pounds each. If you add 6 weights to the bar, how many pounds will you lift? show your steps.

Question

Options:
a) 55 pounds
b) 60 pounds
c) 105 pounds
d) 330 pounds

Answer 1

To find the total weight you will lift, you need to calculate the weight of the bar plus the weight of the additional weights.

The bar weighs 45 pounds.

You add 6 weights that are 10 pounds each. 6 x 10 = 60 pounds.

To find the total weight, you add the weight of the bar to the weight of the additional weights.
45 + 60 = 105 pounds.

Therefore, the correct answer is option c) 105 pounds.