Question

the four horses on Miranda's Farm each a 25 lb of feed per day how many tons of feed do the horses eat in 50 days

Answer 1

Each horse eats 25 lb of feed

In one day the four horses eat

25 x 4= 100 lb of feed

In 50 days the horses will eat

100 x 50=5000 lb

we need to transform the lb into tons

1 ton = 2000 lb

x ton = 5000

x is the number of tons in 500 lb, x can be calculated if we divide 5000 between 2000

`x=(5000)/(2000)=(5)/(2)=2.5`

In 50 days the horses eat 2.5 tons or 5/2 tons or 2 1/2 tons