Question

Your weight on the Moon is about 1/6 of your weight on Earth. Write and solve an equation to show how much a person weighs on Earth if he weighs 16 pounds on the moon. How could you check that your answer is reasonable??

Answer 1

1/6(x) = 16

Explanation:

You can just solve for x which goes as follows:

6 * 1/6 = 6 * 16 - Multiply both sides by 6.

x = 96

Answer 2

x=96

Explanation:

To figure out the weight of the person on the moon we would need to take their weight and divide by 6. we don't know the weight so it's x. We know the final weight so the x divided by 6 should be 16.

this translates to:

x/6=16

x=16*6

x=96