SOLUTION: The number of kilograms of water in a human body varies directly as the mass of the body.  An 87​-kg person contains 58 kg of water. How many kilograms of water are in a 60â€
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Question 1161916: The number of kilograms of water in a human body varies directly as the mass of the body.  An 87​-kg person contains 58 kg of water. How many kilograms of water are in a 60​-kg ​person?
Found 2 solutions by greenestamps, josgarithmetic:
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The fraction on the left simplifies....
Should be easy to finish from there, either informally, or with formal algebra.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
w, kilograms of water
p, kilograms of a person (body)
k, variation constant
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An 87​-kg person contains 58 kg of water.
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How many kilograms of water are in a 60​-kg ​person?
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You can do this because you have the whole formula.
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