SOLUTION: If 6 foxes can catch 6 hens in 6 minutes.how many foxes will be needed to catch 60 hens in 60 minutes 6 10 60 30

Question 1140233: If 6 foxes can catch 6 hens in 6 minutes.how many foxes will be needed to catch 60 hens in 60 minutes
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Answer by ikleyn(52800) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Let x = "how many foxes will be needed to catch 60 hens in 60 minutes".


In the first case, the rate of catching is    in terms of hens per fox per minute.


In the second case, the rate of catching is  .


These rates are assumed to be the same - it gives you an proportion


     = ,   or


     = .


From the last proportion,  x = 6.


ANSWER.  6 foxes.

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