Bananas and Monkeys
Algebra
Level
1
Suppose 5 monkeys take 5 minutes to eat 5 bananas.
How many monkeys would it take to eat 10 bananas in 10 minutes?
5
8
7
1
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1 solution
It would take 5 monkeys 10 minutes to eat 10 bananas.
"What assumptions are made in arriving at the solution?
Does one assume that 5 monkeys take 1 minute to eat 1 banana and that all bananas are consumed at the same pace?
Or does one assume that 1 monkey takes 5 minutes to eat 1 banana and that all monkeys eat at the same pace?
Think it over!"