Elizabeth ships a gift through the mail. The gift weighs 8 pounds 11 ounces. She packs the gift in a shipping box with bubble wrap. The package weighs 12 pounds 4 ounces. How much does the shipping box and bubble wrap weigh?

3lbs 9 ounces

Step-by-step explanation:

16 ounces in a pound

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  3 lb 9 oz

Step-by-step explanation:

Sometimes, addition is easier than subtraction when it comes to finding the difference.

There are 16 ounces in a pound.

  8 lb 11 oz + 5 oz = 9 lb

  9 lb + 3 lb 4 oz = 12 lb 4 oz

To get from 8 lb 11 oz to 12 lb 4 oz, we have added ...

  5 oz + 3 lb 4 oz

  = 3 lb 9 oz . . . . weight of packing materials

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Or, you can do the subtraction in the usual way.

  total weight = gift weight + packing weight

  packing weight = total weight - gift weight

  = (12 lb 4 oz) - (8 lb 11 oz)

  = (12 lb -8 lb) + (4 oz -11 oz)

  = 4 lb - 7 oz

  packing weight = 3 lb 9 oz

step-by-step explanation:

"it's not the heat, it's the humidity".   that's a partly valid phrase you may have heard in the summer, but it's actually both.   the heat index, also known as the apparent temperature, is what the temperature feels like to the human body when relative humidity is combined with the air temperature.   this has important considerations for the human body's comfort.   when the body gets too hot, it begins to perspire or sweat to cool itself off.   if the perspiration is not able to evaporate, the body cannot regulate its temperature.   evaporation is a cooling process.   when perspiration is evaporated off the body, it effectively reduces the body's temperature.   when the atmospheric moisture content (i.e. relative humidity) is high, the rate of perspiration from the body decreases.   in other words, the human body feels warmer in humid conditions.   the opposite is true when the relative humidity decreases because the rate of perspiration increases.   the body actually feels cooler in arid conditions.   there is direct relationship between the air temperature and relative humidity and the heat index, meaning as the air temperature and relative humidity increase (decrease), the heat index increases (decreases).

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