Mansa Musa took 60,000 (!) people on his pilgrimage to Mecca. There were 4 times as many men as there were woman. Assume that each man ate about 2.59 loaves of bread each day and a woman 1.86 loaves. Each loaf of bread weighs 500 grams. Assume they packed enough bread for 167 days. There are a 100 camels to carry the bread. How many pounds of bread did each camel carry?
Mansa Musa took 60,000 (!) people on his pilgrimage to Mecca. There were 4 times as many men as there were woman. Assume that each man ate about 2.59 loaves of bread each day and a woman 1.86 loaves. Each loaf of bread weighs 500 grams. Assume they packed enough bread for 167 days. There are a 100 camels to carry the bread. How many pounds of bread did each camel carry?
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