document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=466052>Question 466052</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Tracy's dog eats 8 ounces of dog food every day. How many pounds of dog food will her dog eat in 40 days?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So my math teacher said 320 pounds but i know that 16 ounces equal a pound and my teacher said that if the dog eats 8 ounces everday then in 40 days he will eat 40 times the amount the dog eats every day (this is true) but once my teacher did 8 times 40 he got 320 ounces and in the answer space wrote 320 pounds. I was wondering why he never converted the 320 ounces to pounds which would be 320/16 (i think)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "please help... :) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Your math teacher probably got his tongue wrapped around his eye tooth and couldn't see what he was saying.  The correct answer is 320 ounces which is 20 pounds.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Put it to him this way:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"So if you are feeding your dog 320 pounds of food every 40 days, then you are feeding your dog about 240 pounds every month since 30 is 3/4 of 40.  Since even relatively inexpensive dog food runs nearly $1 per pound these days, that means you are spending $240 per month or nearly $3000 annually.  I should eat so well.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"Further, since you say you are feeding 8 ounces per day, you probably have a dog that weighs about 25 lbs. (c.f. <a  rel=nofollow HREF=\"http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/feeding.htm\">Dog Breed Info Center</a>), and that means, at 240 lbs/month of food, you are feeding your dog nearly 10 times his body weight each month.  Hope they start \"Biggest Loser for Dogs\" soon.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"Bottom line, Mr. Math Teacher, math HAS to make sense.\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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