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Problem: What is the mass of phosphorus in a 43-kg person?
Information given with problem: A 70-kg person has a mass phosphorus of 0.78
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Problem: What is the mass of phosphorus in a 43-kg person?
Information given with problem: A 70-kg person has a mass phosphorus of 0.78
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Problem: What is the mass of phosphorus in a 43-kg person?
Information given with problem: A 70-kg person has a mass phosphorus of 0.78 Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
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Problem: What is the mass of phosphorus in a 43-kg person?
Information given with problem: A 70-kg person has a mass phosphorus of 0.78
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You can find the mass of P per kg, then multiply that by 43.
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Or, you can make a proportiion:
0.78/70 = P/43 and solve for P
