Direct and indirect proportion

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6 wolves can eat 6 deer in 6 hours. How long will it take 3 wolves to eat 3 deer?

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  1. Anonymous24 October 2020 at 10:46

    Solution Explanation 1:
    Well, if six wolves can eat six deer in 6 hours, then we need to find out how long it would take one deer to eat one wolf. If we divide the 6 wolves by six, making it "1 wolf can eat 6 deer in 36 hours", then divide the 6 deer by 6, making it "1 wolf can eat 1 deer in 6 hours", we can deduct that it will be the same for 3 wolves and 3 deer keeping your solution as 6 hours.

    Solution Explanation 2:
    If we just think logically, each of the items in the first statement are numerically the same and with less wolves to slower down the process and less deer to quicken up the process, it would still be six hours. For this, you have to be cautious as you don't want to assume it would be 3 hours and rush on.

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