Question 1203661: if 2 hens lay 2 eggs in 2 days, how many eggs will 6 hens lay in 2 days
Found 4 solutions by ikleyn, Theo, greenestamps, josgarithmetic:
Answer by ikleyn(52784)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
if 2 hens lay 2 eggs in 2 days, how many eggs will 6 hens lay in 2 days
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Since 6 hens is three times as much as 2 hens, we can expect that
6 hens will lay 3 times * 2 eggs = 6 eggs in 2 days. ANSWER
Solved.
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In his post, @josgaritmetic printed his suggestion
"That appears to be one egg per day, if using one hen."
It is FATALLY incorrect.
For your safety, simply ignore his post, as if you never have seen it.
Answer by Theo(13342)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! an assumption here has to be that all hens lay eggs at the same rate.
rate * time * participants = quantity.
the time is 2 days.
the quantity is 2 eggs.
the participants are 2 hens.
rate * time * participants = quantity becomes rate * 2 * 2 = 2.
solve for rate to get rate = 2/4 = 1/2 egg per day per hen.
when you have 6 hens, the formula becomes 1/2 * 2 * 6 = x, with x being the number of eggs laid.
solve for x to get x = 6
this suggests that 6 hens will lay 6 eggs in 2 days.
another way of looking at this, always assuming that all hens lay eggs at the same rate, is:
2 hens lay 2 eggs in 2 days.
6 hens is 3 * 2 hens, therefore 6 hens will lay 3 * 2 eggs in 2 days = 6 eggs.
Answer by greenestamps(13200)  (Show Source):
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The number of days in the two scenarios is the same, so the number of eggs is proportional to the number of hens.
Since in the second scenario there are 3 times as many hens (6 instead of 2), the number of eggs will be 3 times as much.
ANSWER: 2*3 = 6 eggs
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)  (Show Source):
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