Question

Jo has a gerbil and a German shepherd. the shepherd eats 14 times as much food as the gerbil. altogether they eat 225 ounces of dry food per week. how many ounces of food does the German shepherd eat per week

Answer 1

225÷16=14 14×16=224thats your answer

Answer 2

The German shepherd eats 14 × 15 = 210 ounces per week.

Explanation:

Jo has a gerbil and a German Shepherd. The German Shepherd eats 14 times as much as the gerbil. Altogether they eat 225 ounces of dry food per week.

let gerbil eat a ounces of food

Gerbil eats = a

shepherd eats = 14 × a

Altogether they ate 225 ounces per week , The expression can be written as

a + 14 × a = 225

a + 14a = 225

15a = 225

divide both sides by 15

a = 225/15

a = 15

The German shepherd eats 14 × 15 = 210 ounces per week.