Question

Deon will pick up more dog food at the pet store in 2 1 ·· 2 weeks. Will the new bag of food last until then? Show your work.

Answer 1

To solve the problem we will calculate the amount of food consumed by Deon's dog in 2.5 weeks.

The new bag of food will last for 2.5 weeks.

Explanation

Given to us

• Deon feeds his Great Dane 62 cups of dog food per week.
• Deon has a new bag with 160 cups of dog food.
• Deon will pick up more dog food at the pet store in $2\frac{1}{2}$ weeks.

Food consumed by Deon dog in 2.5 weeks

To know the amount of food consumed by Deon dog in 2.5 weeks, we will multiply the food consumed by Deon dog in 1-week by the Number of weeks for which food is been consumed.

Food consumed by Deon dog in 2.5 weeks

= Food consumed by Deon dog in 1-week x Number of weeks

= 62 cups of dog food x 2.5

= 155 cups of dog food

Thus, the food consumed by Deon's Dog is 155 cups.

As we can see the Dog will consume 155 cups of dog food in 2.5 weeks, therefore, the new bag of food will last for 2.5 weeks.

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