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Puppy b weighs 8 pounds which is about 75% of its adult weight what will be the adult weight of puppy b?

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Answer:

about 10.7 pounds

Explanation:

If w is the adult weight, we are given ...

8 = 0.75w

Dividing by 0.75 tells us the adult weight.

8/0.75 = w ≈ 10.67 . . . pounds

The adult weight of the puppy will be about 10.7 pounds.

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The calculated value is 10 2/3 pounds. In the above, we have rounded it to a decimal place or two.

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