Final answer:
To calculate how many pulls can be made from 6 pounds of horse hair, convert pounds to ounces and then divide by the weight of one pull. Six pounds is equivalent to 96 ounces, and dividing this by the weight of one pull (0.011 ounce), yields approximately 8727 pulls.
Step-by-step explanation:
To determine how many pulls of horse hair belts can be made from 6 pounds of horse hair, we need to first convert the weight from pounds to ounces, since one pull is measured in ounces. There are 16 ounces in one pound. Therefore, we will multiply the total pounds by 16 to get the weight in ounces.
6 pounds of horse hair is equal to 6 × 16 ounces, which gives us 96 ounces of horse hair. Then, since each pull weighs about 0.011 ounce, we divide the total ounces by the weight of one pull to find out how many pulls we can make:
96 ounces ÷ 0.011 ounce per pull = 8727.27
Therefore, you could make approximately 8727 pulls of horse hair belts from 6 pounds of horse hair.