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If a squirrel can bury 9 nuts in 2 hours, then how many nuts can the squirrel bury in x + 2 hours? Assume the squirrel works at a constant rate.
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- 00:03
Okay See expiring math people Another question for you Here
- 00:06
we go If a squirrel can very nine nuts in
- 00:09
two hours than how many nuts can the squirrel berry
- 00:13
in x plus two hours assume the squirrel works at
- 00:16
a constant rate The squirrel buries nuts at a rate
Full Transcript
- 00:22
of nine pert two hours or four and a half
- 00:26
an hour right We can assume the squirrels not burying
- 00:28
takes place at a constant rate So in half that
- 00:31
amount of time yeah one hour we get that nine
- 00:33
halves If you want to be all fancy about it
- 00:35
to find the equation then for how many nuts the
- 00:38
squirrel can bury in x plus two hours But we
- 00:42
just multiply this expression by the rate of nuts buried
- 00:44
per hour That gets us nine half times the quantity
- 00:47
x plus two which is nine Acts over 2 plus
- 00:51
9 halves times too which is ah nine x over
- 00:55
two plus nine That's it That's pretty good rates world
- 00:58
But do you remember where you put those nuts Okay
- 01:01
well the answer is c We're done
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