Question

Last spring, Macy bought 6 bags of soil. The soil fed her plants for 9 months. This spring, she bought 2 more bags of soil. Macy wants to know how many months she can feed her plants with 2 bags of soil.

Answer 1

She can feed her plants with 2 bags of soil for 3 months

Here, we want to calculate the number of months it will take for the plants to be fed with 2 bags of soil

From the question, 6 bags fed her plants for 9 months

Thus, the number of months it will take 1 bag to feed her plants will be 9/6 = 1 1/2 months

So if 1 bag can feed her plants for 1 1/2 months

Then two bags will feed her plants for 1 1/2 * 2 = 3 months