During an average lifetime, a person sheds about 40 pounds of dead skin. In the United States, life expectacy for men is about 73.6 years. Life expectancy for women is about 79.2 years. How many pounds would a man shed in a month and how many pounds would a women shed in a month?
To get the answer would I first have to break down the years into month then divide it by 40 or divide the pounds by the years then divide it by 12?
Do it the second way you mentioned. As an alternative, you could first cnvert years to months, and divide that number INTO 40 lb.
For men, convert 73.6 years to months by multiplying by 12. That would be 883.2 months. Divide 40 lb by that number of months to get the average loss per month, 0.0453.
It is quite likely that men and women shed somewhat different amounts during their lives, but in this problem they are expecting you to assume both sexes lose the same amount, 40 lb.
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the answer is that both men and women both shed 36 pounds a year.
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