In liposuction, a doctor removes fat deposits from a person's body. If body fat has a density of 0.94g / m * L and 3.8 L of fat is removed, many pounds of fat were removed from the patient? Express your answer using two significant figures.
3.8L * 0.94g/mL * 1000mL/L * 1lb/454g = ____ lb
Well, let's crunch some numbers and have a little fun with this question!
First, we need to convert the volume of fat removed to grams. So, 3.8 L multiplied by 0.94 g/m * L gives us 3.572 grams of fat.
Now, to make things less scientific and more fun, let's turn those grams into pounds! There are approximately 453.6 grams in a pound, so if we divide 3.572 grams by 453.6 grams per pound, we get 0.00789 pounds.
Now, since we want to express our answer using two significant figures, we round our result to two decimal places and end up with 0.008 pounds.
So, dear friend, it seems that the doctor removed approximately 0.008 pounds of fat from the patient during liposuction. Let's just hope they didn't leave any breadcrumbs behind!
To determine how many pounds of fat were removed from the patient, we need to convert the volume of fat removed from liters to grams, and then from grams to pounds.
Given:
Density of body fat = 0.94 g/mL
Volume of fat removed = 3.8 L
First, we can calculate the mass of the fat removed using the density and volume:
Mass = Density * Volume
Mass = 0.94 g/mL * 3.8 L
To convert L to mL, we use the conversion factor: 1 L = 1000 mL
Mass = 0.94 g/mL * 3800 mL
Mass = 3592 g
Next, let's convert the mass from grams to pounds. There are approximately 453.59237 grams in a pound:
Mass in pounds = Mass in grams / 453.59237 g/lb
Mass in pounds = 3592 g / 453.59237 g/lb
Mass in pounds ≈ 7.92 lb
Therefore, approximately 7.92 pounds of fat were removed from the patient.
To find out how many pounds of fat were removed from the patient during liposuction, we must first calculate the mass of the fat in grams and then convert it to pounds.
Given:
Density of body fat = 0.94 g/mL
Volume of fat removed = 3.8 L
To find the mass of the fat, we can use the formula:
Mass = Density * Volume
Mass = 0.94 g/mL * 3.8 L
First, let's convert liters to milliliters:
1 L = 1000 mL
Mass = 0.94 g/mL * 3800 mL
Mass = 3572 g
Now, to convert grams to pounds, we need to know the conversion factor:
1 pound = 453.592 grams
Let's use this conversion factor to calculate the mass in pounds:
Mass in pounds = 3572 g * (1 pound / 453.592 g)
Mass in pounds = 7.88 pounds
Therefore, approximately 7.88 pounds of fat were removed from the patient during the liposuction procedure.