Question

A flea treatment last 4 weeks. Jim's dog had to be treated every 3 weeks. How many weeks of flea treatment would Jim's dog get if the treatments only lasted 3 weeks?

Answer 1

Number of weeks in a year = 52 weeks

If in a normal year when each package of flea treatment lasts for 4 weeks, then in a year there Jim's dog will have to be treated for

Where as, when the fleas are bad in a year, the treatment lasts for only 3 weeks.

Then in a year Jim's dog would get

So Jim's dog will get 17- 13 =4 treatments more.

4 treatments that are made in 3 weeks each will be 4×3 =12 weeks more treatment