SOLUTION: a lion eats one sheep in 4 hours, a leopard eats one sheep in 5 hours, and a bear eats one sheep in 6 hours. how long would it take the three animals together to eat one sheep?
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Question 187669: a lion eats one sheep in 4 hours, a leopard eats one sheep in 5 hours, and a bear eats one sheep in 6 hours. how long would it take the three animals together to eat one sheep?
Answer by user_dude2008(1862) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
t(1/4+1/5+1/6)=1
t(15/60+12/60+10/60)=1
t(37/60)=1
t=(1)(60/37)
t=60/37
t=1.622
Ans: take about 1.622 hrs for all three if they work together.
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