Question

Deanna and Kelly were lifting weights. Kelly was easily doing the exercise and she didn't feel like the exercise was very intense. Deanna suggested she increase the weight stack amount by 50 percent. Kelly was using 8 pounds initially. What amount should she use based on Deanna's suggestion? (2 points)

Answer 1

12 pounds

50% of 8 pounds is 4 pounds, so a 50% increase is adding 4 pounds, which is 8+4 which equals 12.