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A pound of guinea-pig pellets is about 3 cups of food. Each guinea pig eats 1/4 cup of pellets a day. How many days will the pellets last? Explain.

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If a pound of guinea-pig pellets is about 3 cups of food, then there are 3/1 = 3 cups of pellets per pound. If each guinea pig eats 1/4 cup of pellets per day, then one pound of pellets will last 3/(1/4) = 12 days for one guinea pig.

To see why, we can use the following formula:

Number of days = Total amount of pellets / (Amount of pellets eaten per day x Number of guinea pigs)

In this case, we have:

Number of days = 3 / (1/4) = 12

This means that one pound of pellets will last 12 days for one guinea pig. If there are more than one guinea pig, we need to adjust the formula accordingly.
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