Question

On the farm, rather than use money, they exchange animals. The exchanges are as follows: 4 bunnies = 3 chickens, 5 chickens = 2 pigs, 3 pigs = 2 donkeys. How many bunnies would you have to trade for a donkey?

Answer 1

We have to trade 5 bunnies for a donkey.

Solution:

To calculate how many bunnies could be exchanged for a donkey, we have to multiply the exchange rates of each animal/bird.

One bunny = 3/4 chickens (0.75 chicken),

One chicken = 2/5 pigs (0.4 pigs)

One pig = 2/3 donkeys (0.67 donkeys).

On multiplying all of the above rates we get,

0.75*0.4*0.67=0.2

Since we now know a bunnies worth is 0.2 donkey

Therefore, (1/0.2=5) 5 bunnies to trade for a donkey.