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A golden goose can lay one egg every two hours and the magic hen can lay one egg every three hours how long will it take them together today 20 eggs

Sagot :

Answer:

100 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

20eggs × 2 hours=40hours

20 eggs × 3hours= 60 hours

altogether:

40 + 60 =100

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Assuming both birds have just laid an egg when the clock starts.

at 1 hour, no egg             egg count

at 2 hrs  goose egg               1

at 3 hrs hen egg                    2            

at 4 hrs goose egg                3

at 5 hrs no egg                      3

at 6 hrs goose and hen egg  5

we are now back to where we started where each bird has laid an egg

We get 5 eggs every 6 hours

We need 20/5 = 4 six hour periods to complete the task

6(4) = 24 hrs to complete the task