A snapping turtle weighs 15 pounds and eats about 2\frac142 4
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ounces of food per day. A raccoon weighs 25\frac12
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pounds and eats 6\frac386
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ounces of food per day. Which animal eats more ounces of food per pound of body weight?

we have three similar triangles, because each has a right angle and shares an angle.   let's write the angles in order: opposite to short leg, long leg, hypotenuse.

cab similar to bad similar to cbd

or as ratios,

ca: ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

we also know

ac = ad + cd

(ad+cd): ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

(ad+cd)/cb=cb/cd

we have cb=6, ad=5 and seek x=cd.

we reject the negative root and conclude x=4

answer: 4

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