Question

timmy and jared are eating cupcakes. if they can eat 2 cupcakes in 3 minutes, how long will it take them to eat 18 cupcakes?

Answer 1

Let us assume that Timmy and Jared are eating 2 cupcakes combined. As it is not given if they are eating 2 each.

Time taken by Timmy and Jared to eat 2 cupcakes = 3 minutes

Time taken by both of them to eat 18 cupcakes in =

$\frac{3}{2}\times18$=27

Hence, Timmy and Jared can eat 18 cupcakes in 27 minutes.