Question

A pet store owner, Byron, needs to determine how much food he needs to feed the animals. Byron knows that he needs to order the same amount of bird food as hamster food. He needs four times as much dog food as bird food and needs half the amount of cat food as dog food. If Byron orders 600 packages of animal food, how much dog food does he buy? Let b represent the number of packages of bird food Byron purchased for the pet store.

Answer 1

300 bags of dog food

Explanation:

4b + 2b + b + b = 600

(dog) + (cat) + (bird) + (hamster) = 600

8b = 600

b = 75

Byron purchased 75 bags of bird food. He needs 4 times that of dog food. So, he purchased 300 bags of dog food.