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  • 20-04-2017
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A tiger ate food that weighed 15% of its body weight. If it ate 75lb., how much does the tiger weigh?

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  • 20-04-2017
11.25 lbs, if I calculated this correctly.
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  • 20-04-2017
75lbs of food = 15% tiger's food weight
? lbs tiger= 100% tiger's body weight

So you want to take the amount of food (75lbs), divide it by the amount of the tiger's food weight (15%) and then multiply it by it's total body weight (100%)
So 75 / 15 = 5
and 5 x 100 = 500
so the tiger = 500lbs
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