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

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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?
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Answer by ikleyn(52767) About Me  (Show Source):
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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   0.6%2F9 = 1%2F15,  or,  in the wording form  "the weight of the heart is  1%2F15  of the weight of the skin".



Answer by MathTherapy(10549) About Me  (Show Source):
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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: highlight_green%28matrix%281%2C3%2C+9%2F.6%2C+or%2C+15%29%29 times the weight of the heart, or the ratio of the weight of the heart to the weight of the skin is: highlight_green%281%3A15%29.