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Ten lions live in a zoo. In ten weeks, they eat 7,412.6 pounds of food together. Assuming each lion is feed the same amount of food, how much food is used to feed one lion for a week? Round your answer to the nearest pound.

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Answer: 74 pounds

Step-by-step explanation: To find your answer, simply divide 7,412.6 by `10 to find how much pounds each lion equally will receive.

7,412.6 divided by 10 = 741.26

Now divide 741.26 by 10 to get the amount of pounds f food they eat in one week.

741.26 divided by 10 = 74.12600.

74.12600 rounded to the nearest pound is 74 pounds.

So, 74 pounds of food is used to feed one lion per week.

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