SOLUTION: Can someone out there help me with this problem? At what rate would a 180-poind person burn calories while bicycling at 12 mi/h? (For a 150 pound person bicycling they burn

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Question 40672: Can someone out there help me with this problem?
At what rate would a 180-poind person burn calories while bicycling at 12 mi/h? (For a 150 pound person bicycling they burn 410 calories/h.
Thanks,
Sher
Found 2 solutions by checkley71, stanbon:
Answer by checkley71(8403) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
ASSUIMING THE RATE IS PROPORTIONAL TO THE WEIGHT THEN
180/150=X/410 OR 150X=73,800 OR X=73,800/150 OR 492 CALORIES/HR.

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
At what rate would a 180-poind person burn calories while bicycling at 12 mi/h? (For a 150 pound person bicycling they burn 410 calories/h.
Set up a proportion as follows:
x/180= 410/150
solve for x
x=180(410/150)
x= 492 calories.
Ceers,
Stan H.