Question

Zoe can feed six horses in one hour. Matt takes three times as long to feed that many horses. How long will it take them together to feed 32 horses?
a) 2 hours
b) 3 hours
c) 4 hours
d) 6 hours

Answer 1

Zoe feeds 6 horses per hour
Matt feeds 2 horses per hour.

So, together they feed 8 horses per hour, taking 4 hours to feed 32 horses