Three dogs eat 30 pounds of food in 10 days. If each dog eats the same amount, how much food does 1 dog eat in 1 day?

1 pound
3 pounds
9 pounds
10 pounds

1 answer

To find out how much food one dog eats in one day, we can start by determining the total amount of food consumed per dog per day.

Given:

  • 3 dogs eat 30 pounds of food in 10 days.

First, we calculate the total amount of food consumed per day by all three dogs:

\[ \text{Total food per day} = \frac{30 \text{ pounds}}{10 \text{ days}} = 3 \text{ pounds per day} \]

Next, since there are 3 dogs, we can find out how much food one dog eats in one day by dividing the total food consumed per day by the number of dogs:

\[ \text{Food per dog per day} = \frac{3 \text{ pounds}}{3 \text{ dogs}} = 1 \text{ pound per dog per day} \]

Therefore, each dog eats 1 pound of food in one day.

The correct answer is 1 pound.