Last month, mr nieders dog ate 40 cans of dog food in 31 days. If his dog keeps eating this way, what is the least number of cans mr nieder will need to buy for the next six days?

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Malakai Byrd

18 December, 08:12

Last month, mr nieders dog ate 40 cans of dog food in 31 days. If his dog keeps eating this way, what is the least number of cans mr nieder will need to buy for the next six days?

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Schaefer · Answer 1

8 cans

Step-by-step explanation:

40/31 = x/6

cross multiply: 31x = 40*6

31x=240

divide both sides by 31: 31x/31 = 240/31

x=7.741

and since you cant buy half of a can it gets rounded to to 8.