Question

Many medications are determined by the weight of the patient in kilograms. When a patient’s weight is measured in pounds, the doctor must then convert the weight to kilograms. The table shows conversions for common units of weight.

Answer 1

Answer:

70.2

Step-by-step explanation:

Multiply the weight in pounds by the conversion factor.

$156\,lb\times\dfrac{0.45\,kg}{1\, lb}=70.2\,kg$

Answer 2

Answer:

70.2 kilograms

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to calculate this you just have to do a rule of three, where you use the equivalence of the pounds by the kilograms, in the table you see that 1 pound equals .45 kilograms, so you use that for your equivalence:

$\frac{1pound}{.45kilograms}= \frac{156 pounds}{x}$

$x=\frac{165*.45}{1 pound}$

$x=70.2 kilos$

So we know that the patient weights 70,2 kilograms.