beth and lewis buy the same amount of fish pellets if beth feeds her fish 14 fish pellets each day a container of pellets will last 20 days if lewis feeds his fish 8 fish pellets eah day how many more days will the container of pellets last lewis
14 * 20 = 280 pellets
280/8 = 35 days
35 - 20 = ?
15 Days
To find out how many more days the container of pellets will last for Lewis compared to Beth, we need to compare the number of pellets each person feeds their fish per day.
First, let's determine the number of fish pellets in the container.
Let's say the container has "x" fish pellets.
Since Beth feeds her fish 14 fish pellets each day, the container will last her 20 days. This means that the total number of fish pellets she uses is:
14 pellets/day * 20 days = 280 pellets
Now, let's calculate the number of days the container will last for Lewis.
Since Lewis feeds his fish 8 fish pellets each day, the number of fish pellets he uses in a single day is:
8 pellets/day
To find out how many days the container will last Lewis, we need to divide the number of fish pellets in the container ("x") by the number of pellets used by Lewis in a single day (8 pellets/day):
x pellets / 8 pellets/day
Therefore, the container of pellets will last Lewis:
x/8 days
To determine how many more days the container will last Lewis compared to Beth, we need to find the difference between the number of days the container lasts Beth (20 days) and the number of days the container lasts Lewis (x/8 days):
20 days - (x/8) days