Question

Ants are one of the lizard's favorite foods. it can eat 45 ants per minute. how long would it take this lizard to eat 1080 ants? Express your answer in minutes.

Answer 1

Answer:

lizard can eat 1080 ants in 24 minutes.

Step-by-step explanation:

Consider the provided information,

lizard can eat 45 ants per minute.

45 ants = 1 minutes

We need to calculate how long would it take this lizard to eat 1080 ants.

Let x is the time taken by lizard to eat 1080 ants, thus

$x=\frac{1080}{45}$

$x=24$

Hence, lizard can eat 1080 ants in 24 minutes.

Answer 2

1080 ants / 45 ants per minute = 24 minutes