At the age of 4 months, a puppy’s weight is 275% of its weight at the age of 2 months. how many times heavier is the puppy at 4 months than at 2 months? write your answer as a mixed number in simplest form.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x denotes the weight of puppy at the age of 2  months.

Given :At the age of 4 months, a puppy’s weight is 275% of its weight at the age of 2 months.

Since we can write 275% = 2.75  [ To convert percent into decimal we divide it by 100]

i.e. :At the age of 4 months, a puppy’s weight is 2.75x

Now, the number of times heavier is the puppy at 4 months than at 2 months will be :-

In fraction ,

To simplify , divide numerator and denominator by 11 , we get

Hence, the puppy is times heavier than at 4 months than at 2 months.

3 is greater then both of those numbers