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Well if 2 cows give 3 gallons of milk in 4 days. Then 2 cows give <math>\frac{3}{4}</math> gallons of milk in 1 day. And then 1 cow gives <math>\frac{3}{4\cdot2}</math> in 1 day. This means that 5 cows give <math>\frac{5\cdot3}{4\cdot2}</math> gallons of milk in 1 day. Finally we get that 5 cows give <math>\frac{5\cdot3\cdot6}{4\cdot2}</math> gallons of milk in 6 days. Substituting our values for the variables this becomes <math>\frac{dbe}{ac}</math> which is <math>\boxed{\textbf{(A)}}</math>. | Well if 2 cows give 3 gallons of milk in 4 days. Then 2 cows give <math>\frac{3}{4}</math> gallons of milk in 1 day. And then 1 cow gives <math>\frac{3}{4\cdot2}</math> in 1 day. This means that 5 cows give <math>\frac{5\cdot3}{4\cdot2}</math> gallons of milk in 1 day. Finally we get that 5 cows give <math>\frac{5\cdot3\cdot6}{4\cdot2}</math> gallons of milk in 6 days. Substituting our values for the variables this becomes <math>\frac{dbe}{ac}</math> which is <math>\boxed{\textbf{(A)}}</math>. | ||
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==Solution 3== | ==Solution 3== |
Revision as of 21:27, 11 December 2014
- The following problem is from both the 2014 AMC 12A #4 and 2014 AMC 10A #6, so both problems redirect to this page.
Problem
Suppose that cows give
gallons of milk in
days. At this rate, how many gallons of milk will
cows give in
days?
$\textbf{(A)}\ \frac{bde}{ac}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{ac}{bde}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{abde}{c}\qquad\textbf{(D)}}\ \frac{bcde}{a}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \frac{abc}{de}$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)
Solution 1
We need to multiply by
for the new cows and
for the new time, so the answer is
, or
.
Solution 2
We plug in ,
,
,
,
. Hence the question becomes "2 cows give 3 gallons of milk in 4 days. How many gallons of milk do 5 cows give in 6 days?"
Well if 2 cows give 3 gallons of milk in 4 days. Then 2 cows give gallons of milk in 1 day. And then 1 cow gives
in 1 day. This means that 5 cows give
gallons of milk in 1 day. Finally we get that 5 cows give
gallons of milk in 6 days. Substituting our values for the variables this becomes
which is
.
- Solution 2 by mihirb
Solution 3
We see that the the amount of cows is inversely proportional to the amount of days and directly proportional to the gallons of milk. So our constant is .
Let be the answer to the question. We have
See Also
2014 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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