Question

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A lion needs to eat at least 15 pounds of food each day. The zoo feeds the lion using canisters that each contain 3 pounds of food. The lion has already
consumed 9 pounds of food. How many more canisters I of food does the lion need to eat? Write your answer as an inequality
The solution is

Answer 1

At least 2 canisters of food.

Explanation:

We know that the lion has eaten 9 pounds out of the 15 so far. Therefore, the lion must eat 6 more pounds of food today. We know that 6/3=2. That means that the lion must eat at least two canisters of food today.