Question

Mika can eat 21 hot dogs in 6 minutes. She wants to know how many minutes it would tske her to eat 35 hot dogs if she can keep up the same pace. How many minutes would Mika need to eat 35 hot dogs?

Answer 1

We can use a proportion to solve the problem:

Let x be the number of minutes it would take Mika to eat 35 hot dogs

Then we can set up the proportion:

21 hot dogs / 6 minutes = 35 hot dogs / x minutes

To solve for x, we can cross-multiply:

21 hot dogs * x minutes = 6 minutes * 35 hot dogs

21x = 210

x = 10

Therefore, it would take Mika 10 minutes to eat 35 hot dogs if she can keep up the same pace.