Answer:
The amount one locust eats in a week is 420/30 = 14 grams so it eats 14/7 = 2 grams per day, therefore 21 locusts can eat 21 * 14 = 42 grams per day. 420 / 42 = 10 so the answer is 10 days or 1 week and 3 days.
If you use a distributive or multiply is all kind a same
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Step-by-step explanation:
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EXPLANATION
We use the method of completing the squares.
The equation is

We rewrite the above equation to obtain;

We divide through by 3 to obtain;

We add half the coefficient of

to both sides of the equation to get,

The right hand side is now a perfect square.

We now take square root of both sides to get;

We add -2 to both sides,

We simplify to obtain,