A local animal feed company makes its feed by the ton, which is 2000 pounds. They want to include a medication in the feed. Each

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A local animal feed company makes its feed by the ton, which is 2000 pounds. They want to include a medication in the feed. Each

cow needs 300 milligrams of this medication a day and each cow consumes 15 pounds of the feed per day. If there are 1000 milligrams in a gram, how many grams of the medication should the feed company add for each ton of feed they produce?

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pshichka [43] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-19T07:48:22+03:00

pshichka [43]3 years ago

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100 milligrams for every 5 pounds

2000/5=400 doses

400*100=40,000 milligrams= 40 grams