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1. A zoo has an Asian elephant that weighs 6 tons. The elephant got sick and lost 1450 pounds. What is the elephants new weight in tons? 2. In a package of balloons, the ratio of purple balloons to green balloons is 3 to 4. What could be the total number of balloons in the package? 3. The ratio of red flowers to yellow flowers in a field is 5 to 7. If there are 392 yellow flowers in the field, how many red flowers are there?

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Answer:

1. The new weight of elephant is 5.342 tones.

3. The number of red flowers are 280.

Step-by-step explanation:

1. weight of elephant = 6 tons

weight lost = 1450 pounds

As , 1 pound = 0.000454 ton

So, 1450 pounds = 0.658 ton

The new weight of elephant is

= 6 - 0.658 = 5.342 tones

3.

red flower to the yellow flower is 5 : 7

Number of yellow flowers = 392

Let the red flowers are R.

So,

[tex]\frac {5}{7}=\frac{R}{392}\\\\R = 280[/tex]

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