if takes 6 minutes to hard-boil 3 goose eggs when dropped into boiling water, how long will it take to hard-boil 6 goose eggs?

About the same amount of time.

18 minutes

About the same amount of time.

If it takes 6 minutes to hard-boil 3 goose eggs, then it will take about the same amount of time to hard-boil 6 goose eggs. The cooking time does not change significantly when doubling the quantity of eggs. Therefore, it would also take approximately 6 minutes to hard-boil 6 goose eggs.

To explain how to get the answer, let's break down the information provided in the question:

We are given that it takes 6 minutes to hard-boil 3 goose eggs when they are dropped into boiling water.

To find out how long it will take to hard-boil 6 goose eggs, we can use a proportionate relationship.

If 3 eggs take 6 minutes, then we can say that each egg takes 6/3 = 2 minutes to hard-boil.

Therefore, if each egg takes 2 minutes to hard-boil, then 6 eggs will take 6 x 2 = 12 minutes to hard-boil.

So, the answer is that it will take 12 minutes to hard-boil 6 goose eggs.

Therefore, the initial answer of "About the same amount of time" is incorrect, and the correct answer is 12 minutes.