It is known that making one 1lb of honey requires 20,000 trips by bees to flowers to gather nectar. How many pounds of honey would 85,000 trips produce?

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It is known that making one 1lb of honey requires 20,000 trips by bees to flowers to gather nectar.  How many pounds of honey would 85,000 trips produce?

anonymous · Answer

simply divide 85,000 by 20,000 to find the amount if I'm not mistaken

anonymous · Answer

ratio 1/20000 = x / 85000

times 85000 both sides
85000/20000 = x
x = 4.25 
4.25 pounds

anonymous · Answer

Think about a simpler problem.
How much honey would 40,000 trips produce?

What about 60,000 trips?

What about 100,000 trips?

You see a pattern?
How much honey would 20,000 * k trips produce, if k is some random number?

So how much honey would 85,000 trips produce?
If you could solve the previous problem, then
you’ll see the solution to the problem you asked.

anonymous · Answer

thanks everyone for the tips and answers