Question

The human body is made up of about 9.3% hydrogen. What is the amount of hydrogen contained in a person who weighs 140 pounds? Round you answer to the hundredths place

Answer 1

We know that for a human body 9.3% of its total mass is hydrogen.

Now we have a person with a mass of 140 lb.

Then we have that the 100% of the mass is 140lb, the 9.3% of this is hydrogen.

We can write:

9.3% = X

100% = 140lb

We want to find the value of X (mass of hydrogen)

Then we can take the quotient of these two equations to get:

(9.3%/100%) = X/140lb

Now we can isolate the variable X to get:

(9.3%/100%)*140lb = X = 13.02 lb

So this person has about 13.02 lb of hydrogen in his/hers body.