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\n" ); document.write( "Your cousin works at a dog kennel and uses 8lb of dog food to feed four dogs for 3 days. At the same rate, how many pounds of dog food will your cousin need to feed 12 dogs for one week? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #132429 by Mathtut(3670) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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we can figure out what it would take to feed 4 dogs for 1 day by dividing
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\n" ); document.write( "8pounds/3days=8/3 of a pound per day to feed 4 dogs
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\n" ); document.write( "now if we were feeding 12 dogs instead of 4 that would be 3 times as much food per day because we are talking about 3 times as many dogs. (8/3)(3)=8pounds per day for 12 dogs.
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\n" ); document.write( "we need to feed these 12 dogs for 7 days so we multiply our 8 pounds per day by the number of days.
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\n" ); document.write( "8(7)=56 pounds of food \n" ); document.write( "

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