Question

If 5,000 beef cattle were slaughtered in one day at Tyson Foods and the average animal weight was 1,350 lbs. How many pounds of animals were processed at that facility during 5 days of production?

Answer 1

33,750,000 pounds of animals were processed during 5 days.

Explanation:

If the average animal weight is 1350 lbs and 5,000 beef are slaughtered in one day, the total amount for one day would be: (1350)(5000) = 6,750,000 lbs.

Now we need to multiply this number by five since we want to know the total of pounds of animals processed during 5 days.

6,750,000 (5) = 33,750,000 pounds of animals.