Chapter 1: Q56P (page 12)
The corn鈥揾og ratio is a financial term used in the pig market and presumably is related to the cost of feeding a pig until it is large enough for market. It is defined as the ratio of the market price of a pig with a mass of 3.108 slugs to the market price of a U.S. bushel of corn. (The word 鈥渟lug鈥 is derived from an old German word that means 鈥渢o hit鈥; we have the same meaning for 鈥渟lug鈥 as a verb in modern English.) A U.S. bushel is equal to 35.238 L. If the corn鈥揾og ratio is listed as 5.7 on the market exchange, what is it in the metric units of,
(Hint: See the Mass table in Appendix D.)
Short Answer
The Corn-hog ratio in the metric units is
