Bernard weighs 7.5 pounds at birth. assuming his development proceeds normally, he should weigh about pounds by his first birthday. 22.5 24.5 20.5 18.5

Given Bernard weighs 7.5 pounds at birth.The question is asking us to assume that  Bernard development proceeds normally.We need to find Bernard birth after a year.

It is observed that birth of a child triples or is thrice (3 times ) the weight at birth.As Bernard is weighing 7.5 pounds so he will triple or be 3times of this weight.

Bernard weight after a year= 3x7.5=22.5 pounds.

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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!

step-by-step explanation:

points a and b are equidistant from the desired line, so the line you find by using them will go through point r.

using points other than a and b will give the desired line only if they are equidistant from r. if they are randomly located, the perpendicular line you create will not necessarily go through point r, hence will not be a solution to the problem.