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The weight of 1000 identical samples of a substance is 1 pound. What is the weight of 100 samples?

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Cross multiplication. 1000/1 = 100/p 100 x 1=100 100/1000= 0.1 answer= 0.1 pounds


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The answer is 0.1 lbs. Or 1/10 lbs.

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