To gather enough nectar to make 1 pound of honey, a bee must visit 2 million flowers. How many flowers must a bee visit to make 64 ounces of honey?
1 pound = 16 ounces
4 pounds = 64 ounces
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To determine how many flowers a bee must visit to make 64 ounces of honey, we need to use the given information that it takes 2 million flowers to make 1 pound of honey.
First, we convert 1 pound to ounces. Since there are 16 ounces in 1 pound, we have:
1 pound = 16 ounces
Next, we set up a proportion to find the number of flowers needed for 64 ounces of honey:
2 million flowers / 1 pound = x flowers / 64 ounces
To solve this proportion, we cross-multiply:
2 million flowers * 64 ounces = 1 pound * x flowers
Simplifying the equation, we have:
128 million flowers = x flowers
So, a bee must visit 128 million flowers to make 64 ounces of honey.