Bowser's dog food is 40% meat. How much dog food does Bowser need to eat in order to get 1 1/2 kilograms of meat?
A) 3.7 kilograms B) 3.75 kilograms
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0.4x = 1.5
Solve for x.
3.75? Am I right?
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how do you work this out?
To find out how much dog food Bowser needs to eat in order to get 1 1/2 kilograms of meat, we need to first determine the amount of dog food that contains that amount of meat.
Since Bowser's dog food is 40% meat, it means that for every 100 grams of dog food, there are 40 grams of meat.
To calculate the amount of dog food needed to get 1 1/2 kilograms (1500 grams) of meat, we can use a proportion:
40 grams of meat x grams of dog food
------------------ = ------------------
100 grams of dog food 1500 grams of meat
We can cross multiply and solve for x:
40 grams of meat * x grams of dog food = 100 grams of dog food * 1500 grams of meat
40x = 150,000
Now, we divide both sides by 40 to solve for x:
x = 150,000 / 40
x = 3750 grams
Converting grams to kilograms, we get:
3750 grams = 3.75 kilograms
Therefore, Bowser needs to eat 3.75 kilograms of dog food to get 1 1/2 kilograms of meat. So the answer is option B) 3.75 kilograms.