Question

Suppose a courthouse dog ate 9 ounces of food each day for seven days. How many pounds of food did the dog eat in this time? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth pound.

Answer 1

The dog ate 3.94 pounds of food.

Explanation:

Courthouse dog ate 9 ounces of food each day for seven days.

So total food consumed by the dog in seven days will be = 9×7 ounces

Or Total food consumed = 63 ounces.

Now we convert ounces to pounds.

As we know 16 ounces = 1 pound

Or we can say 1 ounce =
`(1)/(16)` pounds

Therefore 63 ounces =63×
`((1)/(16))` pounds

= 3.94 pounds

Finally the answer is courthouse dog ate 3.94 pounds of food in seven days.