Question

Daisy, the african elephant weighs 10,250 pounds. The daily feed intake for an elephant is approximately 1.5% of the animals body weight. how many kilograms of feed is to be feed to Daisy to meet her requirements?
a) 154 kg
b) 70 kg
c) 50 kg
d) 700 kg

Answer 1

Answer: a) 154 kilograms

Step-by-step explanation:

Given :  Daisy, the african elephant weighs 10,250 pounds.

The daily feed intake for an elephant is approximately 1.5% of the animals body weight.

1.5% can be written as 0.015.

Now, the amount of feed is to be feed to Daisy to meet her requirements will be :_

$0.015\times10250=153.75\approx154$

Hence, 154 kilograms of feed is to be feed to Daisy to meet her requirements.