SOLUTION: If it takes 5 dogs, 5 minutes to consume 5 bones, how long will it take for 2 dogs to eat 3 bones? (Fair sharing)

Question 865876: If it takes 5 dogs, 5 minutes to consume 5 bones, how long will it take for 2 dogs to eat 3 bones? (Fair sharing)
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the first group were changed to just 1 dog, then this one dog would need 5*5 minutes to consume the 5 bones. This is 5 bones in 25 minutes; or, 1 bone in 5 minutes, or BONES per MINUTE, the one-dog rate.

Two dogs together can consume at the rate of bones per minute.

The uniform work rate equation for these two dogs is , the situation being for consuming three bones. Solve for time t.

minutes
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