if someone weighs 110 lbs and creates 660 lbs of force when jumping then how many lbs of force will be created when someone who weighs 160 lbs jumps?

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I really need to know this...... we are doing it in a 7th grade class setting and I need to know what this means cause I am confused on how to do it for my homework that is due tomorrow!!!! Please help! I need this also cause I have a quiz tomorrow in math!

Answer 1

Hello Gigi,

 

You could set up a proportion:

 

     (660 lbs of force ÷ 110 lbs) = (X lbs of force ÷ 160 lbs)

 

Then, solve for the X.

 

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