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The vegetation in grams an elephant can eat per minute.
Answer to Problem 9CYU
An elephant can eat
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
An elephant can eat up to
Formula used:
Conversion formula for converting pounds into grams 1 pound is
One day contains 24 hours and hours and minutes are related to each other by a mathematical equation which is expressed as,
Calculation:
Consider the provided statement “An elephant can eat up to
Recall that the conversions rule that 1 pound is
So,
Therefore,
Now, recall that a day contains
So,
Therefore,
From the above two calculations, it is concluded that an elephant eats
So, to evaluate how much an elephant eats per minute, it will be evaluated as when
Therefore, in one minute elephant can eat is,
Rounding off to the nearest hundredth,
Hence, an elephant can eat
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