Given:
A 66 kg person contains 44 kg of water.
To find:
The number of kilograms in a 144kg person.
Explanation:
According to the problem, 66 kg person contains 44 kg of water.
For 1 kg person contains,
[tex]\begin{gathered} 1kg\text{ of person}=\frac{44}{66}kg\text{ of water} \\ =\frac{2}{3}kg\text{ of water} \end{gathered}[/tex]Then, for 144kg of a person contains,
[tex]\begin{gathered} 144kg\text{ of a person}=144\times\frac{2}{3}kg\text{ of water} \\ =96kg\text{ of water} \end{gathered}[/tex]Therefore, 144kg per person contains 96 kg of water.
Final answer:
144kg per person contains 96 kg of water.
