SOLUTION: a 150 pound person will burn 100 calories while sitting still for one hour. Following this ratio, how many calories will a 100 pound person burn while sitting still for one hour?

Question 23907: a 150 pound person will burn 100 calories while sitting still for one hour. Following this ratio, how many calories will a 100 pound person burn while sitting still for one hour?
Answer by Alwayscheerful(414) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can solve this problem using a ratio.
Variable will be the 150 pound person, and variable will be the 100 pound person.
Variable will be the 100 calories burned, and varible will be the unknown.
So, set up the ratio.

Replace the variables with known numbers.

Cross multiply to solve for

Hope this helps!
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