Joe loses 4 pounds of fluid by sweating during a vigorous basketball game. How many cups of fluid are needed to replenish this loss?

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One pound of weight loss through sweating is roughly equivalent to 16 ounces (or 1 pint) of water. Since Joe lost 4 pounds, he needs to replenish with 64 ounces of fluid. Given that 1 cup equals 8 ounces, Joe would need 8 cups to replenish 1 pound of weight loss, totaling 32 cups for 4 pounds. However, the correct conversion should be 64 ounces divided by 8 ounces per cup, resulting in 8 cups needed, not 32. The provided options do not include the correct answer based on this calculation, indicating a mistake in my explanation regarding the total cups needed for 4 pounds of weight loss. The correct calculation for 4 pounds (64 ounces) is indeed 8 cups, but since this option is not available, and based on the standard options provided, there seems to be a misunderstanding in the explanation. The correct approach is to recognize that 4 pounds of fluid loss equates to 64 ounces, and dividing by 8 ounces per cup should ideally result in 8 cups, which aligns with none of the provided choices due to an error in the initial response.

Joe Loses 4 Pounds of Fluid by Sweating During a Vigorous