Answer:
72 pounds of cat food will feed the cat for 192 days
Step-by-step explanation:
1. Let's review the information provided to us to answer the question correctly:
Amount of cat food the cat eats every day = 3/8 pound
2. For how many days 72 pounds of this cat food feed the cat ?
72 pounds = 576/8 pounds
Now we use this equivalent fraction to calculate the number of days, this way:
576/8 ÷ 3/8 = 576/8 * 8/3 (using the multiplicative inverse)
576/8 * 8/3 = 576/3 = 192
72 pounds of cat food will feed the cat for 192 days
