Question

Owen runs a pet store that sells rabbits. He wants to ensure that he has more than 1 pound of dry food for every four rabbits he has in the store, and he currently still has 5.7 pounds of dry food. Write and solve an equation for the scenario. How man rabbits can owen have in the store ?

Answer 1

Owen can have a maximum of 22 rabbits in the store.

Answer 2

Owen can have a maximum of 22 rabbits.

Explanation:

Owen wants to ensure that he has more than 1 pound of dry food for every four rabbits that means 0.25 pounds is for 1 rabbit.

Let suppose he has 23 rabbits, That gives
`23*0.25=5.75` pounds

This shows he needs an extra 0.05 pound of dry food for the 23rd rabbit.

When there are 22 rabbits, then
`22*0.25=5.5` pounds

Now he has 0.2 pounds of dry food to spare.

So, the answer would be 22 rabbits.

Owen can have a maximum of 22 rabbits.