during an average lifetime a woman loses 40 pounds of skin. Life expectancy for a woman is 79.2 years. How many pounds of dead skin would she lose in a month
12 months x 79.2 years = ? months
Now divide 40 pounds by the number of months in 79.2 years.
To calculate the number of pounds of dead skin a woman would lose in a month, we need to divide the total weight lost during her lifetime by the number of months in her lifetime.
Step 1: Calculate the total weight lost during her lifetime.
The average lifetime is given as 79.2 years. We are told that during this time, a woman loses 40 pounds of skin. Therefore, the total weight lost is 79.2 x 40 = 3168 pounds.
Step 2: Calculate the number of months in her lifetime.
Since there are 12 months in a year, we can multiply the number of years in her lifetime by 12 to get the number of months. 79.2 x 12 = 950.4 months.
Step 3: Calculate the weight of dead skin lost in a month.
To find the weight of dead skin lost in a month, we divide the total weight lost (3168 pounds) by the number of months (950.4 months).
3168 pounds ÷ 950.4 months = 3.33 pounds (rounded to two decimal places).
Therefore, a woman would lose approximately 3.33 pounds of dead skin in a month.