Complete the parts below. Write your answers as whole numbers or fractions in simplest form.
(a)Eric feeds his farm animals bushels of hay. The animals eat 35 bushels of hay in 7 days. Give two different unit rates using this relationship.
One unit rate:
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Another unit rate:
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(b)Assume the animals eat the same amount of hay each day. How many days does it take for the animals to eat 40 bushels of hay?
(a) One unit rate: 5 bushels per day
Another unit rate: 1/7 bushels per day
(b) If the animals eat the same amount of hay each day, it would take 8 days for them to eat 40 bushels of hay.
(a) One unit rate: 5 bushels per 1 day
Another unit rate: 1/7 bushels per 1/7 day
(b) If the animals eat the same amount of hay each day, it would take them 8 days to eat 40 bushels of hay.
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(a) One unit rate: 35 bushels per 7 days
Another unit rate: 5 bushels per 1 day
(b) If the animals eat the same amount of hay each day, it would still take them 8 days to eat 40 bushels of hay.
To find the unit rates, we can divide the total amount of hay (35 bushels) by the number of days (7 days).
(a) First unit rate: The animals eat 35 bushels of hay in 7 days. So, the unit rate would be 35 bushels per 7 days.
Second unit rate: To find another unit rate, we can simplify the first unit rate. Dividing both the numerator and denominator by 7, we get 5 bushels per 1 day.
Therefore, the two different unit rates are:
- 35 bushels per 7 days
- 5 bushels per 1 day
(b) To find the number of days it takes for the animals to eat 40 bushels of hay, we can set up a proportion using the second unit rate: 5 bushels / 1 day = 40 bushels / x days.
Cross-multiplying, we get 5x = 40.
Dividing both sides by 5, we find x = 8.
Therefore, it takes the animals 8 days to eat 40 bushels of hay.
write in simplist form
(a) The two different unit rates are:
- 35 bushels per 7 days
- 5 bushels per 1 day
(b) It takes the animals 8 days to eat 40 bushels of hay.