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if a man who weights 320 pound take one hour to metabolize 14 millgrams of ALCOHOL how much time will it take to a man who weights 132.27 pound ?

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Guest · Answer 1 · 2016-04-12T05:42:08

I used a ratio of 320pounds is to 60 minutes as 132.27 pounds is to x minutes. I got 24 minutes which seems reasonable.

ElectricPavlov · Answer 2 · 2016-04-12T06:55:43

Yikes, Guest 1 you did your ratio BACKWARDS the lighter guy will take LONGER, not SHORTER time to metabolize the ETOH