Six dogs eat $24 k g$ of food in a week. How much will $17$ similar dogs eat in a week?

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Solution

Let the quantity of food that one dog eats in a week be $x$

Given that

$\Rightarrow 6 x = 24$

$\Rightarrow x = 4$

$\Rightarrow 17 x = 17 \times 4$

$\Rightarrow 7 x = 68$

Thus $17$ dogs eat $68 k g$ of food in a week

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Six dogs eat 24kg of food in a week. How much will 17 similar dogs eat in a week?

Let the quantity of food that one dog eats in a week be xGiven that ⇒6x=24⇒x=4⇒17x=17×4⇒7x=68Thus 17 dogs eat 68kg of food in a week

Six dogs eat $24 k g$ of food in a week. How much will $17$ similar dogs eat in a week?

Let the quantity of food that one dog eats in a week be $x$

Given that

$\Rightarrow 6 x = 24$

$\Rightarrow x = 4$

$\Rightarrow 17 x = 17 \times 4$

$\Rightarrow 7 x = 68$

Thus $17$ dogs eat $68 k g$ of food in a week