In front of you is another popular logic problem, which caused not a few disputes on the Internet.
Try to solve it, but don’t be in a hurry, the very first answer that usually first comes to mind and that is offered by most of the answers is usually not correct. In fact, the riddle is quite simple, you just need to be attentive and do not rush with the answer.
3 hens lay 3 eggs in 3 days.
How many eggs will 12 of these same hens lay in 12 days?
So, have you been able to do the math yet?
Don’t rush to an answer. Usually the answer to this riddle that comes to mind first and that most people give is wrong.
If your answer is 12 eggs, it is incorrect. Think again.
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A little hint: try to start by calculating how many eggs each hen lays in 3 days.
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Answer:
12 hens will lay 48 eggs in 12 days.
Solution:
If 3 hens lay 3 eggs in 3 days, then 1 hen will lay 1 egg in 3 days(3/3=1). It follows that one hen will lay 4 eggs in 12 days(12/3=4), because she lays 1 egg every 3 days. Hence we get that 12 hens will lay 48 eggs(12×4=48) in 12 days.
Difficulty: medium
