At the North Carolina Zoo there is a bucket that contains food for the gorillas and the grizzly bears. The gorilla food weighs 5.384 kg . The gorilla food weighs 0.796 kg more than the grizzly bear food. How much food for both gorillas and grizzly bears are in the bucket?

Let \( g \) represent the weight of the food for the grizzly bears in kilograms. We are given: - The gorilla food weighs \( 5.384 \) kg. - The gorilla food weighs \( 0.796 \) kg more than the grizzly bear food. This information can be written as: \[ 5.384 = g + 0.796 \] **Step 1: Solve for \( g \)** \[ g = 5.384 - 0.796 = 4.588 \text{ kg} \] **Step 2: Calculate the total weight of food in the bucket** \[ \text{Total weight} = \text{gorilla food} + \text{grizzly bear food} = 5.384 + 4.588 = 9.972 \text{ kg} \] Thus, the total amount of food in the bucket is \( 9.972 \) kg.