A male African elephant weighs 7 tons. If a male African lion at the local zoo weighs [tex] \frac{1}{40} [/tex] of the weight of the male African elephant, how many pounds does the lion weigh?
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The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: 
(1) 1 ton is equal to 2,000 pounds. If a male African elephant weighs 7 tons, then in pounds, it has 14,000 pounds.
African lion = (1 / 40) * 14,000
African lion = 350 pounds
So, African lion weighs 350 pounds.