Question

Suppose a certain insect eats 1/8 gram of food each day. How many days would it take the insect to eat 5 grams of food

Answer 1

Answer:40 days

Step-by-step explanation: first, how many days would it take for the insect to eat 1 gram of food? it would take 8 days so if it wants to eat 5 grams of food 8x5=40 so it would take 40 days for the insect to eat the food

Answer 2

40 days

Explanation:

We know

A certain insect eats 1/8 gram of food each day.

How many days would the insect take 5 grams of the food?

We take

5 divided by 1/8 = 40 days

So, it would take the insect 40 days to eat 5 grams of the food.