Suppose 8 monkeys take 8 minutes to eat 8 bananas.

(a) How many minutes would it take 3 monkeys to eat 3 bananas?

(b) How many monkeys would it take to eat 48 bananas in 48 minutes

• a) 8 minutes
  b) 8 monkeys
  
  a)
  8 monkeys ---- 8 min ------ 8 bananas
  1 monkeys ---- 8x8 min---- 8 bananas
  3 monkeys --- 8x8/3 min ---8 bananas
  For 3 monkeys, 8 bananas, it takes 64/3 min, so for 3 banana, it takes (64/3)x3/8 min = 8 min.
  
  b)
  8 monkeys ---- 8 min ------- 8 bananas
  8 monkeys ---- 8x6 min ---- 8x6 bananas
  8 monkeys ---- 48 min ------ 48 bananas
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• a .8 minutes
  b.8 monkeys (each monkey takes 8min to eat one banana, Then if it eats 6 bananas then it takes 48min.
  Simultaneously the other 7 monkey eats 6 banana for 48min.)
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• there are 8 monkeys and they eat 8 bananas in 8 minutes...means each monkey take 8 minutes to eat 1 banana....
  a) each monkey takes 8 minutes to eat 1 banana.....so it will take 8 minutes to eat 3 bananas by 3 monkeys.
  b) each monkey eats 6 bananas in 48 minutes....so there are 8 monkeys required to eat 48 bananas in 48 minutes.
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• a) 3
  b) 48
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• (a) 8 minutes because 8 monkeys eat 8 bananas in 8 minutes which means it takes 8 min to eat 1 banana.
  (b) 8 minutes because for 48 minutes, each monkey will eat 6 bananas. so to eat 48 bananas 8 monkeys will be required.
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