Skin
You are probably more familiar with the skin than with any other
organ system. No other organ is accessible, large, and
underappreciated as the integumentary system, or the skin. The skin
makes up 16% of your weight!
This assignment, you will be finding what you skin weighs and other
people skin weighs!
1. Billy weighs 160 pounds. How much does his skin weigh?
Answer: 25.6
2. Baby Mat weighs 45 pounds. How much does he weigh, without
his skin?
Answer:37.8
3. Big Joe weighs 375 pounds. How much does the skin of the legs
weight if his legs are 50% of his weight?
Answer: 30
4. Funny Rick’s skin weighs 40 pounds. How much does he weigh?
Answer:250
5. Hair Henry weighs 180 pounds, but lost 10% of his weight in a
cooking accident. How much does his skin weigh?
Answer:25.92
Formula:
16 X W
100