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Daisy, the african elephant weighs 10,250 pounds. The daily feed intake for an elephant is approximately 1.5% of the animals body weight. how many kilograms of feed is to be feed to Daisy to meet her requirements?

a) 154 kg
b) 70 kg
c) 50 kg
d) 700 kg

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Answer: a) 154 kilograms

Explanation:

Given : Daisy, the african elephant weighs 10,250 pounds.

The daily feed intake for an elephant is approximately 1.5% of the animals body weight.

1.5% can be written as 0.015.

Now, the amount of feed is to be feed to Daisy to meet her requirements will be :_


0.015*10250=153.75\approx154

Hence, 154 kilograms of feed is to be feed to Daisy to meet her requirements.

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