An elephant at the zoo maintains her weight by eating 2.5% of her body weight in food each day. If she maintains a constant weight of 6 tons, how many pounds of food does she eat in one week? (There are 2000 pounds in 1 ton.)

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Garfield

28 February, 14:31

An elephant at the zoo maintains her weight by eating 2.5% of her body weight in food each day. If she maintains a constant weight of 6 tons, how many pounds of food does she eat in one week? (There are 2000 pounds in 1 ton.)

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Reginald Cox · Answer 1

2100

Step-by-step explanation:

Multiply the rate by the time and the weight to find the amount per week.

(2.5%/day) (6 tons) (2000 lb/ton) (7 days/week) = 2100 lb/week