document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1162201>Question 1162201</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 6 wolves can eat 6 sheeps in 6 days. how many wolves does it take to eat 60 sheep in 60 days? How many days does it take 3 wolves to eat three sheep?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Can someone help with this question.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There are a wide variety of very different methods for solving problems like this; different methods will work better for different people.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "I will show you the method that works best for me.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Start with the given numbers and change two numbers at a time, using common sense, until you have the desired numbers.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "6 wolves, 6 days, 6 sheep  [given]<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "60 wolves, 6 days, 60 sheep  [it will take 10 times as many wolves to eat 10 times as many sheep in the same 6 days]<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "6 wolves, 60 days, 60 sheep  [it will take 1/10 as many wolves to eat the same 60 sheep if there are 10 times as many days]<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: It takes 6 wolves to eat 60 sheep in 60 days.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Of course, you can make the jump directly from the given information by changing all three numbers at the same time using logical reasoning:<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "6 wolves, 6 days, 6 sheep  [given]<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "6 wolves, 60 days, 60 sheep  [10 times as many sheep to eat, and 10 times as many days, means the same 6 wolves]<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Second problem....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "6 wolves, 6 days, 6 sheep  [given]<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "half as many wolves, same number of sheep --> twice as many days:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 wolves, 12 days, 6 sheep<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "half as many sheep, same number of wolves --> half as many days:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 wolves, 6 days, 3 sheep<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Many students find it easy to show the work for this method of solving the problem with a table.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "First problem....<br><PRE STYLE=\"white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;\">\r\n" );
document.write( "   wolves  sheep  days\r\n" );
document.write( "  ---------------------\r\n" );
document.write( "      6      6      6\r\n" );
document.write( "      60     60     6   10 times as many sheep, same number of days --> 10 times as many wolves\r\n" );
document.write( "      6      60    60   10 times as many days, same number of sheep --> 1/10 as many wolves</PRE><BR>\n" );
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