Answer :
How many ounces does Samuel weigh?
We want to know how many ounces correspond to 165 pounds.
We have the following equivalence:
165 pounds ↔ ?
1 pound ↔ 16 ounces
If we divide both sides of the equivalence we will have the same result:
[tex]\frac{165\text{pounds}}{1\text{ pound}}=\frac{?\text{ ounces}}{16\text{ ounces}}[/tex]Multiplying by 16 ounces both sides we have that:
[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{165\text{pounds}}{1\text{ pound}}\cdot16ounces=\frac{?\text{ ounces}}{16\text{ ounces}}\cdot16\text{ ounces} \\ \frac{165\text{pounds}}{1\text{ pound}}\cdot16ounces=?\text{ ounces} \\ 165\cdot16ounces=?\text{ ounces} \\ 2640\text{ ounces =? ounces} \end{gathered}[/tex]