Question

One pound of horsehair is divided into pulls to make horsehair belts. One pull weighs about 0.011 ounce. How many pulls could be made from 6 pounds of horsehair

Answer 1

Given situation: one pound of horse hair is divided into pulls to make horse belts. One pull weighs about 0.011 ounces. Now, there’s 6 pounds that of horse that needs to be pull. How many pulls will be there if each pulls weighs 0.011 ounces. Simply do the division to get the answer: But, let’s first convert pounds to ounces. 6 pounds = 96 ounces => 96 / 0.011 = 8 727.3 ounces in all. There will be approximately 8 727 ounces of pulls.