The elephants at the Union Zoo are fed 1 1/2 barrels of corn each day. The buffalo are fed 1/2 as much corn as the elephants. How many barrels of corn are the buffalo fed each day?
Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
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The buffalo are fed 3/4 (or 0.75) barrels of corn each day.
Explanation:
To find out how much corn the buffalo are fed, we need to first figure out how much the elephants are fed.
The problem tells us that the elephants are fed 1 1/2 barrels of corn. We can simplify this by converting the mixed number to an improper fraction:
1 1/2 = 3/2
So the elephants are fed 3/2 barrels of corn each day.
Next, we need to find out how much corn the buffalo are fed. The problem tells us that they are fed 1/2 as much corn as the elephants. We can express this as a fraction:
1/2 x (3/2) = 3/4
So the buffalo are fed 3/4 (or 0.75) barrels of corn each day.