If evies chicken lays 4 eggs in 5 days how many days will it take for evies chicken to 16 eggs?
4/5 = 16/x
Cross multiply and solve for x.
X = 20 because you get 4x=80 then you divide 80 by 4 and get 20.
To solve this problem, you can set up a proportion.
Since Evie's chicken lays 4 eggs in 5 days, we can say that the rate of egg production is 4 eggs per 5 days.
Let's call the number of days it takes for the chicken to lay 16 eggs as "x". We can set up the proportion as follows:
4 eggs / 5 days = 16 eggs / x days
To solve for x, we can cross-multiply:
4 * x = 5 * 16
This simplifies to:
4x = 80
Finally, we divide both sides of the equation by 4 to solve for x:
x = 80 / 4 = 20
Therefore, it will take Evie's chicken 20 days to lay 16 eggs.