SOLUTION: If a hen and a half lay an egg and a half in a day in and a half, how many eggs will six hens lay in seven days?

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Question 177914: If a hen and a half lay an egg and a half in a day in and a half, how many eggs will six hens lay in seven days?
Answer by Mathtut(3670) About Me  (Show Source):
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(1.5 Hens) => (1.5 Eggs) =>(1.5 Days)
3H => 3E =>1.5D
6H => 6E =>1.5D
6H => 12E =>3D
6H =>4E =>1D
6H => XE =>7D
=> 6 Hens => 4 * 7 = 28 Eggs => 7 Days
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or another way
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6 hens would obviously lay 6 eggs in 1.5 days.
So to find out how many eggs these same 6 hens would produce in 7 days, you just solve for x in the following equation: proportion of eggs laid to days,so if 6 eggs were laid in 1.5 days ,how many eggs would be laid in 7 days.
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6%2F1.5=x%2F7
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1.5x=42
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highlight%28x=28%29eggs