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Each year 3 giraffes eat a combined total of 13,290 pounds of giraffes pellets. How many giraffes could 22,150 sounds of pellets feed for a year? * i have to set up a proportion but the answer i got doesn't
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Each year 3 giraffes eat a combined total of 13,290 pounds of giraffes pellets. How many giraffes could 22,150 sounds of pellets feed for a year?

* i have to set up a proportion but the answer i got doesn't make sense*

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3 giraffes = 13,290
1 giraffe = 13,290/3
1 giraffe = 4,640

22,150 = x giraffes
22,150/4640 = x giraffes
4.77 = x
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