Question

Your grandmother is in the hospital and is put on a liquid diet. after examining her chart, a mistake is found stating that her weight is 500 kg. what is the equivalent weight in pounds

Answer 1

To convert 500 kg to pounds, you multiply the weight in kilograms by the conversion factor of 2.205 pounds/kg. This gives an equivalent weight of approximately 1102.5 pounds.

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to convert kilograms to pounds, you can use the conversion factor that 1 kilogram is approximately equal to 2.205 pounds.

To convert 500 kg to pounds, multiply the weight in kilograms by the conversion factor:

= 500 kg * 2.205 pounds/kg

= 1102.5 pounds

So, the equivalent weight of your grandmother in pounds is approximately 1102.5 pounds.

Answer 2

The question can be just restated as "what is the equivalent of 500 kg in Pounds".

For this we need to know how many pounds is one kilogram: it's about 2.2 pounds.

So 500 kilograms is 500*2.2 pounds, which is 1100 pounds (and a little more since one kg is a little more than 2.2 pounds).