Question

On an average 1/10 of the food eaten is turned into organism’s own body and is available for the nextlevel of consumer in a food chain. What fraction of the food eaten is not available for the next level?

Answer 1

The correct answer is 9/10

Answer 2

Here the amount of Food Consumed by the organism = 10th part of 1 = 1/10

Rest part of 1 is available for the next level of consumer in a food chain which is given by = 1 - 1/10 = 9/10