Sure, let's work through this question together step by step.
To solve this problem, we need to determine how many people the 14,000 lbs of human hair belonged to if each person had 2.5 lbs of hair.
1. Total Hair: We start with the total amount of human hair found, which is 14,000 lbs.
2. Hair per Person: We know that each person had 2.5 lbs of hair.
3. Number of People: To find out how many people the hair belonged to, we need to divide the total amount of hair by the amount of hair each person has. This means dividing 14,000 lbs by 2.5 lbs/person.
So, the calculation would be:
[tex]\[ \text{Number of People} = \frac{\text{Total Hair}}{\text{Hair per Person}} \][/tex]
Substituting the values, we get:
[tex]\[ \text{Number of People} = \frac{14000 \text{ lbs}}{2.5 \text{ lbs/person}} \][/tex]
Upon doing this division, we find that:
[tex]\[ \text{Number of People} = 5600 \text{ people} \][/tex]
Therefore, the 14,000 lbs of hair belonged to 5,600 people.
