At a zoo, 3 pandas eat a total of 181 1/2 pounds of bamboo shoots each day. The male panda eats 3 times as much as the baby. The female panda eats twice as much as the baby. How many pounds of bamboo shoots does the female panda eat?
Answer (2)
3b+2b+b=181.5 6b=181.5 6b/6=181.5/6 b=30.25
The baby panda eats 30.5 pounds and since the female panda eats two times that you multiply it by two.
30.25 x 2 = 60.5
The female panda eats 60.5 pounds of bamboo shoots each day. This is calculated using the total amount eaten by all three pandas and the ratios of how much each panda eats. By defining the baby panda's intake as b , we find that b = 30.25 pounds, leading to the female's intake of 2 b = 60.5 pounds.
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