Question

In English weight units a "stone" is equal to 14 pounds? A. If a man weighs 16 stone, how many pounds does he weight? B. How many stone does an300 lb offensive lineman weight?

Answer 1

A : 224 pounds. B : 21.43 ''stone''.

Explanation:

given:

In English weight units a "stone" is equal to 14 pounds.

Question asked:

A. If a man weighs 16 stone, how many pounds does he weight?

B. How many stone does an 300 lb offensive lineman weight?

Solution:

A.

By unitary method:

As given, 1 "stone" is equal to 14 pounds.

A man weighs 16 stone =
`14 *16=224\ pound`

Therefore, a man weighs 16 stone is equals to 224 pounds.

B.

Given:

Offensive lineman weight = 300 pound

By unitary method:

14 pounds = 1 "stone"

1 pound =
`(1)/(14)`

300 pounds =
`(1)/(14)*300=(300)/(14) =21.43` ''stone''.

Therefore, weight of an offensive lineman is 21.43 ''stone''.