Question

Dory's Grandma runs a chicken farm. The number of eggs her hens lay is given by the equation E=3/8H, where E is the number of eggs and H is the number of hens. If there are over 500 hens on the farm, how many eggs would they lay at this rate?

a) E=3H+8
b) E=8H-3
c) E=8/3H
d) E=3/8×500

Answer 1

If there are over 500 hens on the farm, they would lay approximately 187.5 eggs at this rate.

Step-by-step explanation:

Dory's Grandma runs a chicken farm where the number of eggs the hens lay is given by the equation E = (3/8)H, where E is the number of eggs and H is the number of hens. To find out how many eggs they would lay if there are over 500 hens on the farm, we can substitute H = 500 into the equation:

E = (3/8) * 500 = 3 * 500 / 8 = 1500 / 8 = 187.5 eggs

Therefore, they would lay approximately 187.5 eggs at this rate.