Suppose 8 monkeys take 8 minutes to eat 8 bananas.?

Question

(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

Answer 1

It depends on how this question is being interpreted.



It seems that each monkey is eating eight bananas in eight minutes, so they are each eating one banana a minute as long as bananas are being supplied for each monkey to consume. For (a) it would take the three monkeys three minutes to eat the three bananas since they are eating one banana a minute. The answer to (b) would be one monkey because they are all eating one banana a minute as long as bananas are being provided.



If the eight monkeys are limited to only eight bananas total, then they are each taking eight minutes to eat one banana and the answer to (a) becomes eight minutes, assuming the 8 minutes per banana per monkey holds constant. The answer to (b) becomes six monkeys taking eight minutes to eat one banana, they would each consume eight bananas a piece in 48 minutes.

Answer 2

a)8 monkeys 8 bananas 8 minutes so for 1 monkey 1 banana each 8 minutes. hence 3 monkeys 1 banana each i.e 3 bananas will take 8 minutes only.

Answer 3

8 Monkeys

Answer 4

not necessarily, suppose it takes one monkey eight minutes to eat one banana. They arent all eating the same banana surely? so (a) would be 3 minutes, and (b) would be 6 monkeys

Answer 5

If it takes one monkey one minute to eat one banana, then the answer is 3 and 48.

do they each have their own bananas???

Answer 6

1 monkey takes 1 minute to eat 1 banana so

a) 3

b) 48

Answer 7

a. 3 minutes



b. 6 monkeys

Answer 8

a) 8 minutes

b) 6 monkeys

Answer 9

A] 3 min. b] 1

Answer 10

(a)Eight min.

(b)Eight monkeys.