Answer:
How many more times x does the giraffe need to be fed?
a) 17 times
Write your answer as an inequality
Let x represent the number of feedings left.
1/3(75 - 24) ≤ x
= (25 - 8) ≤ x
= 17 ≤ x
Step-by-step explanation:
A large male giraffe needs to eat at least 75 pounds of food each day.
At each feeding, the giraffe is fed 3 pounds of food.
Hence,
3 pounds of food = 1 feeding
75 pounds of food =
= 75/3
= 25 feedings.
That means in a day, the giraffe is fed 25 times.
The giraffe has already consumed 24 pounds of food. How many more times x does the giraffe need to be fed?
3pounds of food = 1 feeding
24 pounds of food =
Cross Multiply
= 24/3
= 8 feedings.
From the calculation here, the cloth has already fed the giraffe 8 times
Hence,
= 25feedings - 8 feedings
= 17 Feedings left.
Hence, the giraffe has 17 Feedings left to go.
Write your answer as an inequality
Let x represent the number of feedings left.
1/3(75 - 24) ≤ x
= (25 - 8) ≤ x
= 17 ≤ x
