SOLUTION: Typically, the heaviest organ in the human body is the skin, weighing about 9 lbs. By contrast the heart weighs about .6 lbs How many times the weight of the heart is to the weigh

Question 1089107: Typically, the heaviest organ in the human body is the skin, weighing about 9 lbs. By contrast the heart weighs about .6 lbs How many times the weight of the heart is to the weight of the skin?
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, MathTherapy:
Answer by ikleyn(52767)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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In normal mathematical/human language the question should be

"What is the ratio of the weigh of the heart to the weight of the skin ?"

And the answer is: the ratio is    = , or, in the wording form "the weight of the heart is    of the weight of the skin".

Answer by MathTherapy(10549)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Typically, the heaviest organ in the human body is the skin, weighing about 9 lbs. By contrast the heart weighs about .6 lbs How many times the weight of the heart is to the weight of the skin?

The weight of the skin is: times the weight of the heart, or the ratio of the weight of the heart to the weight of the skin is: .
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