Question

In an ecosystem some animals get energy by eating plants an leek can eat 20 pounds of plants each day write and evaluate an expression to find how many pounds of plants a herd of 18 elk can eat in one week.

Answer 1

Answer:2520 pounds can be eaten by a herd of 18 elk in one week.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: A elk an eat 20 pounds of plants in one day .

Now , Quantity of plants eaten by a herd of elk  = (Quantity of plants eaten per day) x (Number of elks ) x (Number of days)

So, the quantity of plants a herd of 18 elk can eat in one week = 20 x 18 x 7   [1 week = 7 days]

= 2520 pounds

Hence, 2520 pounds can be eaten by a herd of 18 elk in one week.