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Worker bees come and go from a hive to collect nectar and pollen from flowers in order to produce honey. Suppose at one point in the day, 140 worker bees leave the hive. During …

Worker bees come and go from a hive to collect nectar and pollen from flowers in order to produce honey. Suppose at one point in the day, 140 worker bees leave the hive. During …
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Worker bees come and go from a hive to collect nectar and pollen from flowers in order to produce honey. Suppose at one point in the day, 140 worker bees leave the hive. During their time away, they visit a total of 8960 flowers. Assuming they all visit the same number of flowers, how many flowers does each bee visit?

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Each bee visits 64 flowers.
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Answer: 64

Step-by-step explanation: 140 bees go out and all together they visit 8960 flowers. What I did is I did long division to solve this problem. The answer would be 64 flowers each bee

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