if a hen and a half layed a egg and a half in a day and a half how many eggs would it have in a week and a half?
2006-10-20 06:58:58 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
First, there are 10.5 days in a week and a half. So we're trying to find how many eggs are layed during this time period.
Now the problem is trying to confuse you. Let's try to simplify things.
The number of chickens is irrelevant because each chicken is not laying an egg and a half. Rather, together they are laying an egg and half. You need to determine how many eggs are being laid on average per day.
1.5 eggs / 1.5 days = 1.0 eggs per day
Therefore, at the end of the 10.5 days, you'll have...
1.0 eggs per day * 10.5 days = 10.5 eggs.
2006-10-20 08:58:01 · answer #1 · answered by Josh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think about it this way
the more hens, the more eggs, the more time, the more eggs. So
E = constant x h x t
You know 1.5 eggs from 1.5 hens in 1.5 days. Substitute in the above tells me that the constant is 1/1.5. Therefore
E = h x t /1.5
Now h =1 t= 1.5 x 7. Substituting
E =1 x 1.5 x 7 / 1.5 = 7
The hen lays 7 eggs
2006-10-20 20:02:38 · answer #2 · answered by A S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A hen and half could be one hen frolicking out in the backyard added to soem pieces of chicken on your plate. The chicken on your plate cannot lay egges and the hen frolicking in the backyard can only lay whole eggs. So there is no answer to your question.
2006-10-20 15:45:32 · answer #3 · answered by kenyanmartin2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1.5 hens x 1.5 days = 1.5 eggs
That means each hen takes 1.5 days to lay an egg.
1 hen x 1.5 days = 1 egg
Multiplying by 7 (to convert 1.5 weeks to 10.5 days) you get:
1 hen x 1.5 weeks = 7 eggs
So 1 hen will lay 7 eggs in a week and a half.
2006-10-20 14:04:14 · answer #4 · answered by Puzzling 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means a hen laid an egg in a day and a half.
A week and a half = 7 times a day and a half
So the answer is 7.
2006-10-20 14:02:21 · answer #5 · answered by buaya123 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how many eggs can a half of a hen lay?
2006-10-20 16:08:38 · answer #6 · answered by the redcuber 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1.5 eggs in 1.5 days =1egg/day. this is rhe output of 1.5 chickens.
a week =7*1.5=10.5. 1.5 hens would 10.5 eggs in 1.5 weeks or 1 hen would lay 7 eggs in a week & 1/2.
2006-10-20 18:43:17 · answer #7 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
seven and a half.
without knowing what an egg or an hen is.
2006-10-20 14:20:02 · answer #8 · answered by gjmb1960 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no such thing as a hen & a half. Or the answer is 10.5.
people below me. its not 1 hen. it's 1.5 hens.
2006-10-20 14:01:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
(2/3)(15/20)=5 eggs
2006-10-20 14:32:46 · answer #10 · answered by raj 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋