The weight of a body above sea level varies inversely with the square of the distance from the center of Earth. If a woman weighs 123 pounds when she is at sea level, 3960 miles from the center of Earth, how much will she weigh when she is at the top of a mountain, 3.2 miles above sea level?

Her weight is approximately 122.8lb

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Inverse proportion;

Weight = 123lb when distance = 3960 miles from center of earth

Required

Calculate the weight when distance is 3.2 miles above sea level

Let weight be represented by W and distance by D

From the question, we understand that;

Weight is inversely proportional to square of distance;

Mathematically; this is

Convert proportion to equation

Where k is the constant of  proportionality

When W = 123; D = 3960.

This implies that

Make k the subject of formula

Calculating her weight when she's at the top of mountain, 3.2 miles above sea level

First, her distance from center of earth has to be calculated

Distance = Previous distance + 3.2

Distance = 3960 + 3.2

Distance = 3963.2

Now, her weight can be calculated using

Substitute for k and D

the simplified form is

step-by-step explanation:

we want to simplify the expression,

let us change the middle bar to a normal division sign to obtain,

we multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction to obtain,

we factor to obtain,

we cancel the common factors to get,

we simplify to get,

the correct answer is b

step-by-step explanation:

i found the life tables for the year 2012. 

life table of males at age 30. probability of dying between ages x and x+1

total population:  

29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001030

30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001061

males:  

29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001420

30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001448

white population

29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001005

30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001037

white males

29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001372

30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001399

non hispanic white population

29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001083

30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001116

non hispanic white males

29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001477

30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001503

jacob, non hispanic white male. 30 years old.

probability that jacob lives to be 30 years old. 

since the given probabilities are probabilities of dying, i think we simply subtract it from 1 to get the probability of living. we will use the probability of non hispanic white male.

                                          probability of living to be 30 y.o.

29 - 30 : 1 - 0.001477 = 0.998523

30 - 31 : 1 - 0.001503 = 0.998497