Given that 1 pound equals 16 ounces, how many pounds are in 116 ounce -) A) 6.75 pounds B) 7.25 pounds 7.5 pounds D) 7.75 pounds

B)7.25

Step-by-step explanation:

16x7.25=116

the dimensions are:

step-by-step explanation:

we want to find the dimensions of a rectangular box with volume of

we factor to obtain;

we rewrite the rightmost factor to obtain;

recall that:

we apply difference of two squares formula to obtain;

hence the dimensions are

or

step-by-step explanation:

we need to solve for 'x' the following equation:  

we have that:

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factorizing, we get that:

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then, the solutions are: or

nothing extraneous has been found!