SOLUTION: Three chickens in three days laid three eggs. How many eggs will be laid by six chickens in six days.

SOLUTION: Three chickens in three days laid three eggs. How many eggs will be laid by six chickens in six days.

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: Three chickens in three days laid three eggs. How many eggs will be laid by six chickens in six days. This question is from textbook Interest Rate Modelling

Answer by longjonsilver(2297) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
i guess we have the following approach:

3 chickens in 3 days lay 3 eggs, so
1 chicken in 3 days lays 1 egg
1 chicken in 1 day lays 1/3 egg.

So,
6 chickens in 1 day lay 6(1/3) --> 2 eggs
6 chickens in 6 days lay 6*2 --> 12 eggs.

jon

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