Math question

[CheGiuAn]

if 1,5 chicken lays 1,5 eggs in 1,5 day, than how many eggs does 3 chicken lays in 3 days?

[Elensaar]

6

Though I must say, I do not approve of this barbaric treatment of chickens! ;)

[Dark_Tundra]

I believe three chickens would be laying six eggs in three days.
Or 2/3 eggs per chicken, per day.

EDIT:And it would appear someone is a faster typist than I am.

[CheGiuAn]

Just telling the final result is half-answer. Explain it ;)
Me yet counting, my current guss is also 6, but it might be wrong.

[Dark_Tundra]

Explanation

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1.5 chicken(s), 1.5 egg(s), 1.5 day(s).
=
1.5 chicken(s), 1.5/1.5 egg(s), 1 day(s).
=
1.5 chicken(s), 1 egg(s), 1 day(s).
=
1 chicken(s), 1/1.5 egg(s), 1 day(s).
=
1 chicken(s), 0.6666666666666 etc. egg(s), 1 day(s).
=
3 chicken(s), 3* 0.66666666666egg(s), 1 day(s).
=
3 chicken(s), 2 egg(s), 1 day(s).
=
3 chicken(s), 3*2 egg(s), 3 day(s).
=
3 chicken(s), 6 egg(s), 3 day(s).

[Elensaar]

Explained in the spoiler:

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Well, if we have c chickens laying e eggs each per time unit, and t time units pass. then we have E total eggs.
E = c * e * t.

Now we double the number of chickens and the number of time units so we have:
2 * c * e * 2 * t = 2 * 2 * c * e * t = 4 * c * e * t = 4 * E

We know that E is 1.5 so 4 * E = 6.

And i still do not approve of cutting chickens in half while they're still alive enough to lay eggs. That's cruel and unusual punishment that is ;)

[CheGiuAn]

Same result for me, but on a different way (or just different explanation of that method? <.<)

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(lets remain with the c = chicken, e = egg, and t = time (day))
we have:
1,5 c ..... 1,5 t ..... 1,5 e
this means that:
1 c ..... 1,5 t ..... 1 e
wich means, that the chicken, by the end of the first day, is finished the 66.6% of the egg-producing process
1 c ..... 1 t .....66.6 % e (where 100% means 1 e) in short: the chickens production rate is 66% egg / day
this means, that by the end of the 3rd day, 1 chicken is finished with 200% (3 * 66.6%) wich means 2 eggs
if we count 1 c ..... 3 t ..... 2 e, then
3 c ..... 3 t ..... 6 e (with the 66.6% e / t production rate)

but I'm yet not sure, idk why I remember that on math class the result was different (9 or something)

[CheGiuAn]

Explanation

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1.5 chicken(s), 1.5 egg(s), 1.5 day(s).
=
1.5 chicken(s), 1.5/1.5 egg(s), 1 day(s).
=
1.5 chicken(s), 1 egg(s), 1 day(s).
=
1 chicken(s), 1/1.5 egg(s), 1 day(s).
=
1 chicken(s), 0.6666666666666 etc. egg(s), 1 day(s).
=
3 chicken(s), 3* 0.66666666666egg(s), 1 day(s).
=
3 chicken(s), 2 egg(s), 1 day(s).
=
3 chicken(s), 3*2 egg(s), 3 day(s).
=
3 chicken(s), 6 egg(s), 3 day(s).

lol, haven't seen it befor I started to tipe mine, but pretty much the same, I think