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The moats separating people from the animals are 5 m wide for lions and 4 m wide for the elephants. If the lion’s moat is 4 m de

ep, how deep should the elephants’ moat be?

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ZanzabumX [31]3 years ago

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Answer:

<em>The elephants' moat should be 3.2 meters deep.</em>

Step-by-step explanation:

Suppose, the depth of the elephants' moat is $x$ meter.

Width of the lions' moat is 5 meter and width of the elephants' moat is 4 meter.

Given that, the lion’s moat is 4 meter deep.

So, <u>according to the ratio of width and depth</u>, the equation will be.......

$\frac{5}{4}=\frac{4}{x}\\ \\ 5x=4*4\\ \\ 5x=16\\ \\ x=\frac{16}{5}=3.2$

Thus, the elephants' moat should be 3.2 meters deep.

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