Question

A) Some athletes have as little as 3.0% body fat. If such a person has a body mass of 65kg. How many pounds of body fat does that person have?. B) In a process called Liposuction, a doctor removes fat deposits from a person's body, If a person has a density of 0.94ml and 3.0 liters of fat are removed. How many pounds of fat were removed from the patient?

Answer 1

A. The first step is to calculate the mass of body fat of the person which is 1.95 kg. Then it is converted to pounds arriving at the answer which is 4.29 lb.
B. The first step is to multiply density and volume having 2.82 kg as the answer. Then convert it into pounds which is 6.22.