Question 961647: if 1.5 hens can lay 1.5 eggs in 1.5 days, how many eggs can 7 hens lay in 6 days? Found 2 solutions by lwsshak3, josmiceli:Answer by lwsshak3(11628) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! if 1.5 hens can lay 1.5 eggs in 1.5 days, how many eggs can 7 hens lay in 6 days?
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It takes 1.5*1.5=2.25 hen-days to lay 1.5 eggs
7 hens laying eggs for 6 days=7*6=42 hen-days
(42/2.25)*1.5=28
how many eggs can 7 hens lay in 6 days? 28
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 1.5 hens can lay 1.5 eggs in 1.5 days
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Twice as many hens will lay twice as many
eggs in the same amount of time, so
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3 hens can lay 3 eggs in 1.5 days
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1/3 as many hens can lay 1/3 as many eggs
in the same amount of time
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1 hen can lay 1 egg in 1.5 days
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by the same reasoning,
7 hens can lay 7 eggs in 1.5 days
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The same number of hens can lay 4 times
as many eggs in 4 times as many days, so
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7 hens can lay 28 eggs in 6 days
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