A small animal can eat an amount of food that is equivalent to 2/5 it's body weight in 1/2 hour at this rate what fraction of it

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lora16 [44]

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A small animal can eat an amount of food that is equivalent to 2/5 it's body weight in 1/2 hour at this rate what fraction of it

s body weight in food can the animal eat in 1 hour

Mathematics

2 answers:

Kruka [31] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-29T14:48:28+03:00

Kruka [31]4 years ago

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Think: 2/5 its body weight in 1/2 hour immediately becomes 4/5 its body weight in 1 hour. There's a proportional relationship here.

andre [41] · Answer 2 · 2021-12-29T16:03:51+03:00

Answer:The fraction of food that the small animal can eat in one hour is 4/5

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent the body weight of the small animal. The small animal can eat an amount of food that is equivalent to 2/5 it's body weight in 1/2 hour. This means that the quantity of food that the small animal can eat in 0.5 hours is 2x/5. Therefore, at the same rate, the amount of food that the animal can eat in one hour would be

2 × 2x/5 = 4x/5