In addition to free access to grasses and vegetables, it is suggested that rabbits should eat a quarter of a cup of dry pellets each day, per six pounds of body weight. Derf has three rabbits, weighing in at nine pounds, twelve pounds, and fifteen pounds each. How many pounds of pellets will he need to feed his three rabbits for one whole year?

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Step-by-step explanation:

This problem does not contain enough information to be answered.

We can add the weights in pounds of the three rabbits, multiply by 1/24 cup per day, and multiply by 365 days to find the number of cups the rabbits need to eat in 1 year, but we are not told the relationship between cups and pounds of the dry pellets, so we cannot calculate pounds of pellets.

1/4 cup to 6 lb

Divide both parts of the ratio by 6:

1/24 cup to lb

Total weight of the three rabbits: 9 lb + 12 lb + 15 = 36 lb

Per day: 36 lb * 1/24 cup/lb = 1.5 cup

Per year: 1.5 cup/day * 365 days/year = 547.5 cups

The total volume of pellets used in 1 year is 547.5 cups.

The problem does not supply a relationship between cups of pellets and pounds of pellets, so we cannot calculate the points of pellets used in 1 year.

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