Show your work and you! sam’s dog weighs 72 pounds. the vet suggests that for the dog’s health, its weight should decrease by 12.5 percent. according to the vet, what is a healthy weight for the dog?

old weight - decrease = new weight

decrease = weight * percent

decrease = 72 * .125 = 9 lbs

old weight - decrease = new weight

72 - 9 = new weight

63 lbs

A healthy weight for the dog  is 63 lbs

answer4 to the second power is 16

and 4 to the third power is 64,