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  • Jan 27, 2011, 10:47 PM
    ella_marie
    Ratio and proportions
    If a can of dog food can feed 5 dogs for 4 days, how long would it feed 8 dogs?
  • Jan 28, 2011, 03:52 AM
    galactus

    This must either be a large can of dog feed or some mighty small dogs :):)

    Anyway, one can contains dog-days worth of food.

    Intuitively, we know the number of days the can feeds 8 dogs is going to be less than 4 because there are more dogs.

    Since , then

    What is x?

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