Question

If 5 fishermen catch 5 fish in 5 minutes, how many minutes will it take 50 fishermen to catch 50 fish?


If 5 fishermen catch 5 fish in 5 minutes, then the average time it takes each fisherman is 5 minutes to catch one fish. It will take 50 fishermen 5 minutes to catch 50 fish -- at the rate of 1 fish per man per 5 minutes.


You're reasoning is absolutely correct.
We're told
"If 5 fishermen catch 5 fish in 5 minutes, how many minutes will it take 50 fishermen to catch 50 fish?"
There are two separate, but related, items to look at: the expected number of fish each person caught and the expected time it took them to catch a fish.
We're told that 5 people caught 5 fish, but not how many each caught. One person could've caught all 5! However, the expected number of fish each caught is the simple average, or 5 fish per 5 fishermen = 1 fish. The expected time period is the same time interval for each person. The answer to the question is a constant time for each fishermen to catch one fish, or 5 minutes. If the question had been e.g., how long would it take 50 fishermen to catch 100 fish?, then since it takes each 5min/fish, it should take 10min.

Answer 1

one fisherman take's 1minute to catch 1fish.
so,then 100fishermans take 100 minutes to catch 100 fishes.
for 5min 5fishes.

Answer 2

5 fishermen catch 5 fish in 5 min so 50 fisharman to catch 50 in 50 min

Answer 3

5 fisherman catch 5 fish in 5 min so 50 fisherman to catch 50 in 50 min.

Answer 4

I thinks it’s 72hours

Answer 5

I think it’s 72 hours

Answer 6

72 hours

Answer 7

if 5 fisherman can catch 5 fish in 5 minute how long will it take for 50 fishermanto catch 50 fish at the same rate

Answer 8

1 minute can be used then to catch a fish

Answer 9

50

Answer 10

It takes 50 minutes

Answer 11

I think 50 minutes