Question

A dog that weighs 15 pounds should eat 2 1/8 cups of a certain type of dog food per day. How much of the same type of dog food should be fed, per day, to a dog who weighs 34 pounds?

Answer 1

To determine how much the 34-pound dog should eat, set up a proportion based on the 15-pound dog's food intake. After setting up the proportion 15 pounds / 2 1/8 cups = 34 pounds / x cups and solving it, we find that the 34-pound dog should eat approximately 4.82 cups per day.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question deals with proportional relationships and mathematics, specifically in finding out how much dog food to feed a dog based on its weight. To solve this problem, we need to establish a ratio or proportion from the information provided and then use it to find out how much food the 34-pound dog should eat.

A 15-pound dog eats 2 1/8 cups of dog food per day. We convert 2 1/8 cups to an improper fraction which is 17/8 cups. Now, we set up the proportion:

15 pounds / (17/8 cups) = 34 pounds / x cups

By cross-multiplying we have:

15 * x = 34 * (17/8)

x = (34 * 17) / (8 * 15)

x = (578) / (120)

After simplifying the fraction, we obtain x = 4.8166 which we can round to 4.82 cups per day for a 34-pound dog.

Answer 2

if a 15 lbs dog eats................................17/8 cups of food
a 34 lbs dog will eat,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,? cups

(34 * 17/8)/15=(34*17)/(15*8)=289/15= 19 4/15 cups of food