### Instruction: Seven identical bowling balls weigh the same as three identical canoes. If two of the canoes weigh a total of 56 pounds, how many pounds does one of the bowling balls weigh?### Response: I need to find the weight of one bowling ball, so I'll start by finding the weight of one canoe.
If two canoes weigh 56 pounds, then one canoe weighs half of that, or 28 pounds.
Now I can use the fact that seven bowling balls weigh the same as three canoes.
That means that seven bowling balls weigh 3 times 28 pounds, or 84 pounds.