Question

In the first 3 days of class, daunte lost 2 pencils. if daunte keeps losing pencils at the same rate for 60 days of class,how many pencils will he lose

Answer 1

He would lose at least 40 pencils.

Answer 2

Answer: He would lose 40 pencils in 60 days.

Explanation:

Since we have given that

Number of days = 3

Number of lost pencils = 2

If the number of days = 60

Then, the number of lost pencils would be 'x'.

Since there is direct variation between number of days and number of lost pencils.

So, it would be

`(3)/(2)=(60)/(x)\\\\3x=60* 2\\\\x=(120)/(3)\\\\x=40`

Hence, he would lose 40 pencils in 60 days.