the largest land carnivore is the Alaskan brown bear. It can weigh 1300 pounds but a newborn cub only weighs about about one pound. A typical human weighs about 150 pounds and newborn human typically weighs about 7 pounds. Of human babies were proportionally the same as Alaskan brown bear cubs,how much would they weigh?
1300/1 = 150/x
Cross multiply and solve for x.
8.66666
To find out how much a human baby would weigh if they were proportionally the same as Alaskan brown bear cubs, we can set up a proportion using the weights of the adult bears and cubs as well as the weights of adult humans and human babies.
Let's start by setting up the proportion:
(Weight of adult bear cub) / (Weight of adult bear) = (Weight of human baby) / (Weight of human)
We know that the weight of an adult Alaskan brown bear cub is about 1 pound and the weight of an adult bear is about 1300 pounds. Similarly, the weight of a human baby is about 7 pounds, and the weight of a typical human is about 150 pounds.
Substituting these values into the proportion, we get:
1 pound / 1300 pounds = 7 pounds / 150 pounds
To solve for the weight of the human baby, we can cross-multiply and solve for the unknown value:
1 pound * 150 pounds = 7 pounds * 1300 pounds
150 pounds = 9100 pounds
Dividing both sides by 7, we get:
150 pounds / 7 pounds = 9100 pounds / 7
Approximately, the weight of the human baby, if they were proportionally the same as an Alaskan brown bear cub, would be around 1300 pounds.
Please note that this is a hypothetical scenario and not based on actual proportions or biology.