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Camels are know to lose about 25% of their body weight during times when food and water are scarce. if a camel weighed 1,588 pounds and then lost 25% of its weight, which of these is closest to the amount of weight that the camel lost?

Camels are know to lose about 25% of their body weight during times when food and-example-1
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If you do 25% of 1588 you get 397 LB’s, so the closest one to that would be A.375
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