8 Monkeys Take 8 Minutes to Eat 8 Bananas. How Many Monkeys?
Sir / madam,
My question is
Suppose 8 monkeys take 8 minutes to eat 8 bananas.
a. How many minutes would it take 3 monkeys to eat 3 bananas?
b. How many monkeys would it take to eat 48 bananas in 48 minutes?
The Solution is
a. 8
b. 6
How it is possible any steps please ...
Advance Thanks,
R.Rengaraj
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Update Answer:
"8 monkeys take 8 minutes to eat 8 bananas"
It implies that 1 monkey takes 8 minutes to eat 1 banana. This is because each monkey is working independently and in parallel with the others. The rate doesn't change based on the number of monkeys or bananas, as long as each monkey has a banana.
Now, let's solve the questions.
a. How many minutes would it take 3 monkeys to eat 3 bananas?
As each monkey takes 8 minutes to eat 1 banana, 3 monkeys would take 8 minutes to eat 3 bananas. This is because each monkey can eat their own banana simultaneously.
b. How many monkeys would it take to eat 48 bananas in 48 minutes?
Given that 1 monkey takes 8 minutes to eat 1 banana, it would take a single monkey 8*48 = 384 minutes to eat 48 bananas. But we want the monkeys to eat 48 bananas in 48 minutes.
Thus, we need to divide the total time a single monkey would take (384 minutes) by the desired total time (48 minutes) to find the number of monkeys needed. That's 384/48 = 8 monkeys.
This way, 8 monkeys can simultaneously eat 48 bananas in 48 minutes.
I hope this answers your question.