A statue to honor Benjamin Franklin will be placed outside the entry to the Liberty Bell exhibit hall. The designers decide that a smaller version will be placed on a table inside the building. The dimensions of the life–size statue will be four times those of the smaller statue. Planners estimate they will need 1.5 pints of anti–tarnishing fluid to coat the small statue. They also know that the small statue will weigh 14 pounds.

a. How many pints of anti–tarnishing fluid will be needed to coat the life–size statue?

b. How much will the life–size statue weigh?

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A statue to honor Benjamin Franklin will be placed outside the entry to the Liberty Bell exhibit hall. The designers decide that a smaller version will be placed on a table inside the building. The dimensions of the life–size statue will be four times those of the smaller statue. Planners estimate they will need 1.5 pints of anti–tarnishing fluid to coat the small statue. They also know that the small statue will weigh 14 pounds.

a. How many pints of anti–tarnishing fluid will be needed to coat the life–size statue?

b. How much will the life–size statue weigh?

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anonymous · Answer

4(1.5) or 6 pints for the life size statues

also

the life size statue weighs 4(14) or 56