Answer:
Explanation:
An adult pig eats about 5 1/2 pounds of food per day. To find out how much an adult horse eats, we need to multiply the amount a pig eats by 3 1/5.
First, let's convert the mixed fraction 3 1/5 into an improper fraction. The whole number 3 multiplied by the denominator 5 is 15. Adding the numerator 1, we get a total of 16. So, 3 1/5 is equal to 16/5.
Now, we can multiply 5 1/2 by 16/5 to find out how much food an adult horse eats per day.
To multiply fractions, we multiply the numerators (5 * 16 = 80) and the denominators (2 * 5 = 10). So, the product of 5 1/2 and 16/5 is 80/10.
To simplify this fraction, we divide the numerator (80) and the denominator (10) by their greatest common divisor, which is 10.
80 ÷ 10 = 8
10 ÷ 10 = 1
Therefore, the simplified fraction 80/10 is equal to 8/1.
Since the denominator of 8/1 is 1, we can conclude that an adult horse eats about 8 times the amount a pig eats.
Since a pig eats about 5 1/2 pounds of food per day, an average adult horse will eat about 8 times that amount.
So, an adult horse will eat about 5 1/2 * 8 = 44 pounds of food per day.