document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=113396>Question 113396</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 5 horses eat 2 bags of oats per week (5 horses = 2 bags of oats/week)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 bag of oats cost $6.00 (1 bag of oats = $6.00)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "25 head of cattle eat 11 bags of pellets per week.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 bag of pellets cost $5.85\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If a ranch has 7 horses and 33 head of cattle, calculate the cost of feed for one year.  (52 weeks/year)? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "cost of feeding 5=$12/wk<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let x be cost of feeding 7/wk.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x/7=12/5 Proportion<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x/7=7*12/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=84/5=$16.80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cost/yr=16.8*52=$873.60<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now cattle<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cost of feeding 25=5.85*11=$64.35<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x/33=64.35/25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "33x/33=33*65.35/25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=$84.942<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cost/yr=84.942*52=$4416.98<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "873.60+4416.98=$5290.58<BR>\n" );
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