document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=311484>Question 311484</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Fifty chickens can lay 1,000 eggs in 30  days. At the same rate, how long would<BR>\n" );
document.write( "it take 25 chickens to lay 500 eggs?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(A) 15 days (B) 20 days (C) 30 days    (D) 60 days (E) 80 days<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "it take 25 chickens to lay 500 eggs? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The hard way:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Fifty chickens can lay 1,000 eggs in 30 days --> 20 eggs/chicken in 30 days<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--> 2/3 egg/chicken per day.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For 25 chickens = 50/3 eggs/day<BR>\n" );
document.write( "500/(50/3) = 30 days, the same.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The easy way:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30 days (25/50) * (1000/500) = 30 days </SPAN>\n" );
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