Question

a cook goes into the storeroom and takes out 1/6 of the rice from a 72kg sack if he uses 2/3 kg of this rice each day how many days will the rice he took out last?

Answer 1

Rice taken by cook each day = 72×1/6 = 12 kg
He uses rice each day = 12×2/3 = 8 kg
Rice last for days= total rice/rice used each day
(72/8)kg = 9 days.

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

the cocktail take 18KG of rice