SOLUTION: There are approximately 5lbs of muscle for every 7lbs of body weight of a certain animal. For a 168-lb animal, how much of the weight is muscle? The are ____

SOLUTION: There are approximately 5lbs of muscle for every 7lbs of body weight of a certain animal. For a 168-lb animal, how much of the weight is muscle? The are _____lbs of muscle.

Question 555156: There are approximately 5lbs of muscle for every 7lbs of body weight of a certain animal. For a 168-lb animal, how much of the weight is muscle?
The are _____lbs of muscle.
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are approximately 5lbs of muscle for every 7lbs of body weight of a certain animal. For a 168-lb animal, how much of the weight is muscle?
:
Do this a proportion
=
7m = 5 * 168
7m = 840
m = 840/7
m = 120 lbs are muscle in a 168 lb animal

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