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Chapter 6: Q. 9 (page 287)

Use the information given on page 285 to determine how much food a 12,500 pounds elephant eats per day.

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A 12,500 pounds elephant can eat 625 pounds food in a day.

Step by step solution

01

Step-1 – Given

Given that the weight of the elephant = 12,500 pounds.

02

Step-2 – To determine

We have to determine the amount of food that an 125000 pounds elephant can eat per day.

03

Step-3 – Calculation 

We know that an elephant eats 5 pounds of food for every 100 pounds.

Let, the required amount of food = x pounds.

The equation for x is given by,

5100=x125005100脳100=x12500脳100multiplyeachsideby1005=x1255脳125=x125脳125multiplyeachsideby125x=625

So, a 12,500 pounds elephant can eat 625 pounds food in a day.

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