Question

Suppose that an Individual has a body fat percentage of 18.8% and weighs 127 pounds. How many pounds of her weight is made up of fat? Round your answer

to the nearest tenth.
pounds

Answer 1

14.8 pounds

Explanation:

Here, we want to get the actual value made of fat from the body weight

What we have to do here is to multiply the percentage by the body weight

Mathematically, we have this as;

18.8% of 127 pounds

= 18.8/100 * 127 = 14.80 pounds