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If a squirrel can bury 9 nuts in 2 hours, then how many nuts can the squirrel bury in x + 2 hours? Assume the squirrel works at a constant rate.


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Okay See expiring math people Another question for you Here

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we go If a squirrel can very nine nuts in

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two hours than how many nuts can the squirrel berry

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in x plus two hours assume the squirrel works at

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a constant rate The squirrel buries nuts at a rate

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of nine pert two hours or four and a half

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an hour right We can assume the squirrels not burying

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takes place at a constant rate So in half that

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amount of time yeah one hour we get that nine

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halves If you want to be all fancy about it

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to find the equation then for how many nuts the

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squirrel can bury in x plus two hours But we

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just multiply this expression by the rate of nuts buried

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per hour That gets us nine half times the quantity

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x plus two which is nine Acts over 2 plus

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9 halves times too which is ah nine x over

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two plus nine That's it That's pretty good rates world

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But do you remember where you put those nuts Okay

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well the answer is c We're done

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