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Suppose that an individual has a body fat percentage of 18.8% and weighs 184 pounds. How many pounds of his weight is made up of fat? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

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If an individual's body fat percentage is 18.8%, this means that 18.8% of their weight is composed of fat. We can use this information to find the weight of the fat in pounds as follows:

Weight of fat = body fat percentage * weight

Weight of fat = 18.8% * 184 pounds

Weight of fat = 0.188 * 184 pounds

Weight of fat = 34.592 pounds

Rounding this to the nearest tenth, we get:

The weight of the fat is about 34.6 pounds.

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