Questions: View Lab A bowling ball weighs 15 pounds on Earth and weighs 4 pounds on the planet Saturn. You could determine a 100pound earthling's weight on Saturn using the proportion:

Solution Steps

To solve this problem, we need to understand the relationship between the weights of objects on Earth and Saturn. We are given that a bowling ball weighs 15 pounds on Earth and 4 pounds on Saturn. This gives us a proportion that relates Earth weight to Saturn weight.

The proportion can be set up as follows:

$$\frac{\text{Weight on Saturn}}{\text{Weight on Earth}} = \frac{4}{15}$$

We want to find the weight of a 100-pound earthling on Saturn. Let $x$ be the weight of the earthling on Saturn. The proportion becomes:

$$\frac{x}{100} = \frac{4}{15}$$

To find $x$, we cross-multiply and solve for $x$:

$$x \cdot 15 = 4 \cdot 100$$

$$15x = 400$$

$$x = \frac{400}{15}$$

$$x \approx 26.6667$$

Final Answer