At a zoo, an Asian elephant weighs about 3 tons and eats about 300 pounds of food a day. What percentage of its body weight does the elephant eat each day?
Answer (3)
3 tons = 6000 lbs. , 300 lbs. of food , 6000 divided by 300 = 3/60 = 1/20 = 5 percent
well, assuming that the elephant weigh 3 tons, since 3 tons are 6000 lbs (1 ton = 2000 lbs), the percentage is calculated as follows: 6000 300 = 60 3 = 20 1 which is 5%.
An Asian elephant weighing 3 tons consumes about 300 pounds of food daily. This amounts to 5% of its body weight. Therefore, the percentage of its body weight that the elephant eats each day is 5%.
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