SOLUTION: if 5 rabbits ate 12.5 lettuce in 5 days how many lettuce would the 5 rabbits eat in 10 days?

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Question 722023: if 5 rabbits ate 12.5 lettuce in 5 days how many lettuce would the 5 rabbits eat in 10 days?
Answer by KMST(5328) About Me  (Show Source):
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The short way:
Since 10 days is 2 times 5 days, the rabbits would eat
12.5 lettuce the first five days, and
another 12.5 lettuce the next five days,
for a total of 12.5%2B12.5=highlight%2825%29 lettuce.

The general way to do it:
In one day, those same rabbits would eat
12.5%2F5 lettuce (the 12.5 they ate in 5 days divided by the 5 days)
In 10 days they would eat 10 times as much as in one day, so it would be
10%2812.5%2F5%29=10%2A12.5%2F5=highlight%2825%29 lettuce.