About 3540 calories must be burned to lose 1 pound of body weight. Estimate how many calories must be burned to lose 6 pounds.
3540 * 6 = ?
To estimate the number of calories that must be burned to lose 6 pounds, we can use the fact that about 3540 calories need to be burned to lose 1 pound.
To calculate, we can multiply the number of pounds we want to lose (6 pounds) by the number of calories needed to lose 1 pound (3540 calories).
Estimating the total number of calories that must be burned, we can calculate:
6 pounds * 3540 calories/pound = 21,240 calories.
Therefore, approximately 21,240 calories must be burned to lose 6 pounds.