a.) A manatee weighing 1,000 lbs., if eating 10% of its body weight, would eat 100 lbs. Or ,if the manatees eats 15% ,of its body weight it would eat 150 lbs. b.) I weigh about 90 lbs. so I'd have to eat 9 lbs for 10% and 13.5 lbs. for 15% by, Samuel and Alex