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The weight of 1000 identical samples of a substance are 1 pound. What is the weight of 10 samples?

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Answer:

.01 lbs

Explanation:

If the weight of 1000 things are 1 pound that means 1 thing has a weight of 1/1000 lbs. So ten things have a weight of 10/1000 lbs or 1/100 lbs or .01 lbs.

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