It is known that making 1 lb of honey requires 20000 trips by bees to flowers to gather nectar how many pounds of honey would 35000 trips produce?

35000 trips produce 1.75 lb of honey

Larry gave the answer; here is the process.

1/20000 = x/35000

or

1/20 = x/35

Either way, solve for x.

To find out how many pounds of honey would be produced from 35,000 trips by bees, we can set up a proportion using the given information.

Let's establish the proportion:

(Number of trips) / (Amount of honey) = (Number of trips) / (Amount of honey)

According to the information given, 20,000 trips are required to produce 1 lb of honey. So, we can set up the proportion as:

20,000 trips / 1 lb = 35,000 trips / x lbs

To find the value of x (the amount of honey produced from 35,000 trips), we can cross-multiply and solve the equation:

20,000 trips * x lbs = 35,000 trips * 1 lb

Dividing both sides of the equation by 20,000 trips, we get:

x lbs = (35,000 trips * 1 lb) / 20,000 trips

Simplifying this equation, we find:

x lbs = 35,000 / 20,000 lbs

Now, we can divide 35,000 by 20,000 to get the value of x, which represents the amount of honey produced from 35,000 trips:

x lbs = 1.75 lbs

Therefore, 35,000 trips by bees would produce 1.75 lbs of honey.