Question

A nine hundred pound adult walrus eats about forty-five pounds of food per day. If walruses eat proportional to their body weight, how many pounds of food would a one thousand two hundred pound adult walrus eat?

Answer 1

the ratio is 900:45 or 20:1 (20 to 1)

so a 1,200 pound walrus would eat 1/20 of its weight which is 60 pounds

Answer 2

well not sure but tt would be 55pounds. i think so :O

Answer 3

1200/20 = 60