| Problem in the Ask Marilyn column in the Parade insert in the Sunday paper on Nov 16, 2008:
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Say that 70 cows take 24 days to eat all the grass in a pasture.
That same pasture sustains 30 cows for 60 days. How many cows would take 96 days to eat all the grass?
- A. Wright, Littleton, Colo.
Assume that all grass grows at the same rate and that all cows eat grass at the same rate
Hints: Construct equations with three elements,
Amount of grass at first
Grass's growth rate
Cow's eat grass rate
Answer
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