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Lashawnda · Answer 1 · 2023-02-22T15:17:24+0000

Solution:

Note that 1 pound is equivalent to 16 ounces. So the conversion factors that we can use, are the following:

To convert from ounces to pounds, we multiply the number of ounces by the following conversion factor:

$(\frac{1\text{ lb}}{16\text{ oz}})$

thus, to convert 16 ounces to pounds, we carry out the following operation:

$(\frac{1\text{ lb}}{16\text{ oz}})\text{ 16 oz = 1 lb}$

now, to convert from pounds to ounces, we multiply the number of pounds by the following conversion factor:

$(\frac{16\text{ oz}}{1\text{ lb}})$

thus, to convert 5 pounds to ounces, we carry out the following operation:

$(\frac{16\text{ oz}}{1\text{ lb}})5\text{ lb= 80 oz}$

so that, we can conclude that the correct answer is:

5 pounds are 80 ounces

16 ounces are 1 pound

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