Asked by Anonymous

It is known that making 1 lb of honey requires 20000 trips by bees to flowers to gather nectar how many pounds of honey would 35000 trips produce?
Answered by Larry
35000 trips produce 1.75 lb of honey
Answered by PsyDAG
Larry gave the answer; here is the process.

1/20000 = x/35000

or

1/20 = x/35

Either way, solve for x.