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2 mice eat 2 meals in 2 days, how many mice can eat 18 meals in 6 days?
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document.write( "Since 2 mice eat 2 meals in 2 days, those same 2 mice can eat 6 meals in\r\n" );
document.write( "6 days. So to get 18 meals eaten in those same 6 days, it will take 3\r\n" );
document.write( "times as many mice as those 2, or 6 mice.\r\n" );
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document.write( "You can also use the job-worker-time formula, which is:\r\n" );
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document.write( "W1 = the number of workers in the first situation.\r\n" );
document.write( "T1 = the number of time units (days in this case) in the first situation.\r\n" );
document.write( "J1 = the number of jobs in the first situation.\r\n" );
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document.write( "W2 = the number of workers in the second situation.\r\n" );
document.write( "T2 = the number of time units (days in this case) in the second situation.\r\n" );
document.write( "J2 = the number of jobs in the second situation.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The workers here are mice. The jobs are meals eaten.\r\n" );
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document.write( "W1 = 2 W2 = the unknown quantity \r\n" );
document.write( "T1 = 2 T2 = 6 \r\n" );
document.write( "J1 = 2 J2 = 18\r\n" );
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document.write( " 2 = \r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply both sides by 6\r\n" );
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document.write( " 6 = W2\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: 6 mice.\r\n" );
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