Question

The weight of 1000 identical samples of a substance is 0.1 pound. What is the weight of 100 samples?

Answer 1

0.01 pound

Explanation:

100 samples is 1/10 of 1000 samples, so we expect the weight of them to be 1/10 the weight of 1000 samples.

1/10 × 0.1 pound = 0.01 pound