Explanation
Correct answer: D.
Choice D is correct. It's given that a veterinarian recommends that each day the rabbit should eat calories per pound of the rabbit's weight, plus an additional calories. If the rabbit's weight is pounds, then multiplying calories per pound by the rabbit's weight, pounds, yields calories. Adding the additional calories that the rabbit should eat each day yields calories. It's given that is the total number of calories the veterinarian recommends the rabbit should eat each day if the rabbit's weight is pounds. Therefore, this situation can be represented by the equation .
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Why the other choices are wrong
Choice A
Choice A is incorrect. This equation represents a situation where a veterinarian recommends that each day the rabbit should eat calories per pound of the rabbit's weight.
Choice B
Choice B is incorrect. This equation represents a situation where a veterinarian recommends that each day the rabbit should eat , or , calories per pound of the rabbit's weight.
Choice C
Choice C is incorrect. This equation represents a situation where a veterinarian recommends that each day the rabbit should eat calories per pound of the rabbit's weight, plus an additional calories.