Question

Can someone help me with this question (Beth and Lewis buy the same amount of fish pellets.If Beth feeds her goldfish 14fish pellets each day a container of pellets will last 20 days if Lewis feed his fish 8 fish pellets each day how many more days will the container of pellet last Lewis goldfish?)also please show your work

Answer 1

Just need to take 20 pellets by 14 days and that tells you that there are 280 pellets now divide 280/14 and you will findiut that beth fed her fish fir 20 days. Now just do the same fir Lewis you know there are 280 pellets so divide 280/8=35 for days. Hope this helps