Question

Brett is making chocolate bars. He wants to make 35 bars from Monday to Friday. One cocoa pod makes ⅚ of bar. If he harvests the same number of cocoa pods each day, how many cocoa pods should he harvest each day to reach his goal of making 35 bars total from Monday to Friday?

Answer 1

8.4

Explanation:

Answer 2

9

Explanation:

one cocoa pod makes 5/6 bar

to make 35 bars, he needs

35 / (5/6) = 35 * 6/5 = 42 pods

Monday - Friday is 5 days

42/5 = 8.4

He needs more than 8 pods per day, so he must harvest 9 pods per day.