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by sumanr84 » Thu Feb 04, 2010 9:32 am
Q. At Pete's Pet Shop, 35 cups of bird seeds are used every 7 days to feed 15 parakeets. How many cups of bird seed would be required to feed 9 parakeets for 12 days ?
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2. 36
3. 39
4. 42
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by ajith » Thu Feb 04, 2010 9:48 am
sumanr84 wrote:Q. At Pete's Pet Shop, 35 cups of bird seeds are used every 7 days to feed 15 parakeets. How many cups of bird seed would be required to feed 9 parakeets for 12 days ?
1. 32
2. 36
3. 39
4. 42
5. 45
to feed 1 parakeet 1 day required amount of bird seed = 35/(15*7) =1/3 cups

Cups required required to feed 9 parakeets for 12 days =1/3*9*12 =36

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by sumanr84 » Thu Feb 04, 2010 6:45 pm
36 is correct ans
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by neelimareddym » Thu Feb 04, 2010 9:43 pm
This can be written as

(Cups1)/(Days1 * Para1) = (Cups2)/(Days2 * Para2)

Substituting values, we get,

(35)/(7* 15) = x/(12*9) = 36
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