Tony’s pigs are called feeders at 63 pounds and finishers at 260 pounds. Tony’s feeder-to-finisher pigs’ average feed gain ratio (the number of pounds of feed to make one pound of meat) is 2.8 to 1. Feed cost per pound gain is $0.32.

a. How many pounds did a pig gain?
b. How many pounds of feed did a pig eat from feeder-to-finisher?
c. How many tons of feed did 350 pigs eat from feeder-to-finisher?
d. What did it cost to feed the 350 pigs from feeder-to-finisher?


a. 197 lb
b. 552 lb
c. 96.6 tons
d. $22,064

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