A bag of wood chips weighs 12.4 lbs. how much does a bag containing 0.42 times as many wood chips weghs?
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uh, ... 12.4 * 0.42
assuming zero tare weight ...
To find out how much a bag containing 0.42 times as many wood chips weighs, you need to use proportion.
Let's assume the weight of the bag containing 0.42 times as many wood chips is "x" pounds.
We can set up a proportion based on the number of wood chips:
12.4 lbs / x lbs = 1 / 0.42
To solve for x, cross multiply:
12.4 * 0.42 = x
5.208 = x
Therefore, a bag containing 0.42 times as many wood chips weighs approximately 5.208 pounds.