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An adult elephant eats about 300 pounds of food each day write an expression to represent the number of pounds of food a herd of 12 elephant eats in five days

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User Joe Eng
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Let x be the number of elephants
Let y be the number of days

Total amount of food = 300xy

12 elephants for 5 days

Total amount of food = 300 (12) (5)
Total amount of food = 18 000 pounds

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