Answer: 1:330
Explanation:
Ratio is the the quantitative relation that exists between two amounts whihc shows the amount of times a particular value is contained in the other value.
From the question, we are told that the African elephant that weighs 16,500 pounds will need to drink 50 gallons of water every day. The ratio of the amount of water consumed to the weight of the elephant will be:
50:16500
We can simply further by finding the highest common factor for 50 and 16500 which is 50.
50 = 50 × 1
16500 = 50 × 330
Therefore, the simplified ratio will be:
1:330