An elephant eats about 155 pounds of food every day. How many pounds of food would a population of nine elephants eat in one day?

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Johnson Z.
Apr 16, 2016

#1395# pounds of food

Explanation:

If one elephant eats about #155# pounds of food every day, and there are #9# elephants, then multiply #155# by #9# to found the total mass of the food.

#((155color(white)(i)"pounds of food")/"day")/"elephant"xx9color(white)(i)"elephants"#

#=(155color(white)(i)"pounds of food")/"day"-:"elephant"/1xx9color(white)(i)"elephants"#

#=(155color(white)(i)"pounds of food")/"day"xx1/"elephant"xx9color(white)(i)"elephants"#

Cancel out the unit, "elephant(s)."

#=(155color(white)(i)"pounds of food")/"day"xx1/color(red)cancelcolor(black)("elephant")xx9color(white)(i)color(red)cancelcolor(black)("elephants")#

#=(155color(white)(i)"pounds of food")/"day"xx9#

#=color(green)(|bar(ul(color(white)(a/a)(1395color(white)(i)"pounds of food")/"day"color(white)(a/a)|)))#

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