If 300 households harvest 500 bags of rice on a farmland. how many bags will 20 households harvest on the farmland, all other things being equal?
A. 231 / 3 B. 331 / 3 C. 221 / 2 D. 441 / 3
Correct Answer: B
Explanation
This is a proportion problem and it is solved as shown below 300 households \(\rightarrow 500\) bags I household \(\rightarrow \frac{500 \text { bags }}{300 \text { bags }}=\frac{5}{3}\) hence. for 20 households. we obtain \(\frac{5}{3} \times 20=\frac{100}{3}=33 \frac{1}{3}\) bags
