An ant that weighs StartFraction 1 Over 750 EndFraction1750 ounces can lift one fifteenth115 ounces. Use this information to answer parts ​(a) through ​(c). ​(a) The​ unit-less scale of what the ant weighs to what it can lift is 1​ : 50 50. ​(b) Find the equation that represents this relationship between an​ ant's weight​ (W) and the weight of what it can lift​ (L).   The equation is Lequals=50 50W. ​(c) Assume Susan is as strong as an ant and she weighs 120120 pounds. How many pounds can she​ lift? (The correct answer does not have to be​ realistic.)   Susan can lift nothing pounds

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An ant that weighs
StartFraction 1 Over 750 EndFraction1750
ounces can lift
one fifteenth115
ounces. Use this information to answer parts (a) through
(c).
(a) The unit-less scale of what the ant weighs to what it can lift is 1 :
50 50.
(b) Find the equation that represents this relationship between an ant's weight (W) and the weight of what it can lift (L).
 
The equation is
Lequals=50 50W.
(c) Assume Susan is as strong as an ant and she weighs
120120
pounds. How many pounds can she lift? (The correct answer does not have to be realistic.)
 
Susan can lift
nothing
pounds
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