##### Can't find the general solution for this problem for x number of chickens

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If a hundred chickens eat a hundred bushels of grain in a hundred days, how many bushels will ten chickens eat in ten day?  And, if on average, one and a half of these chickens lay an egg and a half in a day and a half, how many days will it take a chicken to lay one and a half dozen eggs?

How could you solve this problem for any number of chickens?

Sep 24th, 2015

The ratio is 100 : 100 : 100,  which is the same as 10: 10: 10.  So the first answer is 10 bushels.

For the next part, the ratio is 1.5 : 1.5 : 1.5 : 1.5,  which is the same as 1 : 1 : 1

One and half dozen eggs is 18 eggs,  so it will take 18 days.

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