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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

• Manatees are herbivorous aquatic mammals.
• Manatees eat a diet of only plants.
• Manatees eat about 100 pounds of plants daily.
• Manatees weigh about 1,000 pounds.
• They eat about 10% of their body weight daily.

The student wants to describe manatees’ daily diet. Which choice best uses information from the notes to do this?

A

Manatees eat more than 10 times per day.

B

Manatees eat about 100 pounds of plants daily.

C

The daily diet of manatees is about 100 different types of plants.

D

Manatees weigh about 1,000 pounds.