The number of calories you burn depends on your weight. a 160-pound person burns 237 calories during 30 minutes of tennis. find the number of calories that a 190-pound person would burn during the same activity, assuming they burn calories at the same rate.

A 190-pound person would burn 285 calories at the same rate.

Step-by-step explanation:

Calories burn depends on the weight

Weight of first person = 160

Calories burn for 160 pounds in 30 mins =  237

Calories burn rate for 1 pound in 30 mins = = 1.5

Calories burn for 190 Pound person would be:

Weight of second person = 190

Calories burn for 190 pounds in 30 min:

As the burn rate of calories is same for the two persons:

= rate × weight

= 1.5 * 190

= 285 calories

0.15

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