Complete the parts below. Write your answers as whole numbers or fractions in simplest form.
(a)Deon feeds his farm animals bushels of hay. The animals eat 32 bushels of hay in 8 days. Give two different unit rates using this relationship.
(b)Assume the animals eat the same amount of hay each day. How many bushels of hay do the animals eat in 9 days?
(a) To find the unit rate, we divide the number of bushels of hay by the number of days.
First unit rate: 32 bushels / 8 days = 4 bushels/day
Second unit rate: 4/1 bushels/day
(b) If the animals eat the same amount of hay each day, we can use the first unit rate to find the amount of hay they eat in 9 days:
4 bushels/day * 9 days = 36 bushels
Therefore, the animals would eat 36 bushels of hay in 9 days.