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it is known that making 1 lb of honey requires 20,000 trips by bees to flowers to gather nectar. How many pounds of honey would 35,000 trips produce?

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since,20,000 trips by bees to flowers to gather nectar produces 1lb of honey

  => 1 trip by a bee to flower to gather nectar produces 1/20,000 lb of honey

  => 35,000 trips by bees to flowers to gather nectar will produce (35000/20000)lb of honey

                                                                            = 7/4 lb =1.75 lb (ans)