Question

at a zoo, an asian elephant eats roughly 5% of its body weight each day. if an asian elephant eats 300 pounds of food a day, how much does it weigh? *
URGENT, WILL GIVE BRAINLEST TO FIRST CORRECT ANSWER

Answer 1

Answer:

The elephant eats 5% of its body weight

It eats 300 pounds of food a day.

Let the weight of the elephants body be x pounds.

Therefore, 5% of x = 300

5÷100 × x = 300

5x÷100 = 300

5x=300×100

5x=30,000

x=30,000÷5

x =6000 pounds

Therefore, the elephant weighs 6000 pounds

Answer 2

Answer:

6000 pounds steps from the first answer