A whale weighs 120 to a. Baby weighs 1/40 of the weight of adult whale. How pounds does baby whale weigh.
Sami ... 3 ??
(1/40)(120) = 30
(whatever units "to a" are)
Once you establish what those units were with the 120, convert 30 of whatever those are to pounds
6000 because you put it in lbs.
To find the weight of the baby whale, we need to determine the weight of the adult whale first.
Given that the adult whale weighs 120 to a, we need to find the weight of 1 part (a). To do this, we divide the total weight (120) by the sum of the parts (120 + a) and multiply by the number of parts representing the adult whale (120).
So, the weight of the adult whale = (120 / (120 + a)) * 120
To find the weight of the baby whale, we are given that the baby weighs 1/40 of the weight of the adult whale. Therefore, the weight of the baby whale is equal to 1/40 of the weight of the adult whale.
Weight of the baby whale = (1/40) * (weight of the adult whale)
Now, let's calculate the weight of the baby whale using the given information.