Select the correct answer.
Ramon is a manager at an animal shelter for small animals. He has created a table to calculate the funds the shelter needs to raise from the private sector to buy animal food over the next year.
Projected Shelter Food Costs
Animal Number Average Amount
of Food Per Day
(oz) Cost Per
Ounce Cost Per
Day
Rabbits 2 8 $ 0.14 $ 2.24
Birds 3 10 $ 0.03 $ 0.90
Dogs 5 16 $ 0.12 $ 9.60
Cats 6 6 $ 0.10 $ 3.60
For which animal would the shelter need to allocate the most funds to cover daily feeding?
A.
rabbits
B.
cats
C.
dogs
D.
birds
