Question

Amara needs 45 kilograms of meat to feed her 2 pet dragons each day. Each pet dragon eats the same amount of meat.

How many kilograms of meat does Amara need to feed 4 pet dragons each day?

Answer 1

90 kilograms altogether for each pet dragon each day.

Answer 2

Let x represent kilograms of meat needed to feed 4 dragons.

We have been given that Amara needs 45 kilograms of meat to feed her 2 pet dragons each day. We are asked to find the kilograms of meat needed to feed 4 dragons.

We will use proportions to solve our given problem.

`\frac{\text{Food needed}}{\text{Number of dragons}}=\frac{45\text{ kg}}{2}`

Upon substituting our values in above equation, we will get:

`(x)/(4)=\frac{45\text{ kg}}{2}`

`(x)/(4)\cdot 4=\frac{45\text{ kg}}{2}\cdot 4`

`x=\frac{45\text{ kg}}{1}\cdot 2`

`x=90\text{ kg}`

Therefore, Amara needs 90 kg meat to feed 4 pet dragons each day.