SOLUTION: 5 horses eat 2 bags of oats per week (5 horses = 2 bags of oats/week)
1 bag of oats cost $6.00 (1 bag of oats = $6.00)
25 head of cattle eat 11 bags of pellets per week.
1 bag o
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1 bag of oats cost $6.00 (1 bag of oats = $6.00)
25 head of cattle eat 11 bags of pellets per week.
1 bag o
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Question 113396: 5 horses eat 2 bags of oats per week (5 horses = 2 bags of oats/week)
1 bag of oats cost $6.00 (1 bag of oats = $6.00)
25 head of cattle eat 11 bags of pellets per week.
1 bag of pellets cost $5.85
If a ranch has 7 horses and 33 head of cattle, calculate the cost of feed for one year. (52 weeks/year)? Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Horses 1st.
cost of feeding 5=$12/wk
Let x be cost of feeding 7/wk.
x/7=12/5 Proportion
7x/7=7*12/5
x=84/5=$16.80
cost/yr=16.8*52=$873.60
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Now cattle
cost of feeding 25=5.85*11=$64.35
x/33=64.35/25
33x/33=33*65.35/25
x=$84.942
cost/yr=84.942*52=$4416.98
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873.60+4416.98=$5290.58
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Ed
