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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Baseball's great Babe Ruth used a baseball bat that weighed 3 pounds 6 ounces during part of his career. Most major-league players today use a baseball bat that weighs about 31 ounces. How much heavier was Babe Ruth's baseball bat than a current major-league player's bat?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

16 ounces = 1 lb, so you must convert 3 lbs to ounces, add 6 ounces to it (now you have Babe ruth's baseball bat in ounces) and then find the difference.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

A 11 ounces B 1 pound 7 ounces C 1 pound 11 ounces

OpenStudy (anonymous):

can u help me

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so, to find the difference, you need to convert to ounces first. so 3*16

OpenStudy (anonymous):

18

OpenStudy (anonymous):

its 48

OpenStudy (anonymous):

3* 16 =/= 18.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I mean 48

OpenStudy (anonymous):

k, now you add 6 for the weight of babe's bat in ounces

OpenStudy (anonymous):

54

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no 55

OpenStudy (anonymous):

now you find the difference, so 54 -31 = what you want

OpenStudy (anonymous):

23

OpenStudy (anonymous):

good. thats all there is to it.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

11 ounces 1 pound 7 ounces 1 pound 11 ounces

OpenStudy (anonymous):

these r the answers

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok, so we have 23 ounces, subtract 16 (1lb) and then you get 1 lb 7 ounces.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

your right thanks I have another

OpenStudy (anonymous):

post it in another ;P

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