Question

The expedition brought food to feed 45 people in the group. But they also hunted.

During a stretch of good hunting, each person ate 9 pounds of meat per day. They
ate 20, 250 pounds of meat in total during this time. For how many days did they

Answer 1

50

Explanation:

Let's start by figuring out how many pounds of meat each person ate per day during the stretch of good hunting. If there were 45 people in the group and they ate 9 pounds of meat per day, then the total amount of meat they ate per day was:

45 people × 9 pounds of meat/person = 405 pounds of meat per day

We know that they ate a total of 20,250 pounds of meat during this time, so we can set up an equation to find out how many days it took:

Total amount of meat eaten = Amount of meat eaten per day × Number of days

Substituting in the values we have:

20,250 pounds of meat = 405 pounds of meat per day × Number of days

To solve for the number of days, we can divide both sides of the equation by 405 pounds of meat per day:

Number of days = 20,250 pounds of meat ÷ 405 pounds of meat per day

Simplifying:

Number of days = 50

Therefore, the group ate 20,250 pounds of meat during a stretch of good hunting for 50 days.