document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=562879>Question 562879</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If a hen and a half, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Lays an egg and a half,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In a day in a half,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How many eggs will six hens lay I seven days?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I came up with 21. 6*1 1/2=4*7=21<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Is this right? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Lays an egg and a half,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In a day in a half,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How many eggs will six hens lay I seven days?\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "I came up with 21. 6*1 1/2=4*7=21<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Is this right?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If a hen and a half, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Lays an egg and a half,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In a day in a half,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--> 1 hen lays 1 egg in 1.5 days<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6 hens lay 6 eggs in 1.5 days<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6 hens lay 6*(7/1.5) eggs in 7 days<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 28 eggs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "or,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.5 eggs = 1.5 hens*1.5 days = 2.25 hen-days<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 egg = 1.5 hen-days --> 1 hen-day = 2/3 eggs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6 hen*7 days = 42 hen-days<BR>\n" );
document.write( "42*(2/3) = 28 eggs </SPAN>\n" );
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