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It takes an farm 3 days to consume 1/5 of an apple at that rate in how many days will the ant farm consume 3 apples

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If 1/5 of an apple is consumed in three days, we would do 3 x 5, which would give us 15. That means it takes 15 days for the ant farm to consume 1 apple. Times that by three, and it takes an ant farm 45 days to consume 3 apples.
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