159 ounces in pounds
Result
The conversion result is: 159 ounces is equivalent to 9.9375 pounds.[1]
Conversion formula
How to convert 159 ounces to pounds?
We know (by definition) that: 1 oz = 0.0625 lb.
We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of pounds.
1 oz / 159 oz = 0.0625 lb / x lb
Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown x:
x lb = (159 oz / 1 oz) * 0.0625 lb → x lb = 9.9375 lb
Conclusion:
159 oz = 9.9375 lb
Conversion in the opposite direction
The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 pound is equal to 0.10062893081761 times 159 ounces.
It can also be expressed as: 159 ounces is equal to 1 / 0.10062893081761 pounds.
Approximation
An approximate numerical result would be: one hundred and fifty-nine ounces is about nine point nine three pounds, or alternatively, a pound is about zero point one zero times one hundred and fifty-nine ounces.
Footnotes
[1] The precision is 15 significant digits (fourteen digits to the right of the decimal point).
Results may contain small errors due to the use of floating point arithmetic.