Question

a little brown bat has eaten 1,400 mosquitoes. it can eat 900 mosquitoes per hour. let x be the number of hours it needs to hunt and eat 4,100 mosquitoes. ramie solves the equation 900x + 1,400 = 4,100 and gets x = 3. what does this mean in the context of the situation? it would take the bat 3 days to eat 4,100 mosquitoes. it would take the bat 3 hours to eat 4,100 mosquitoes. it would take 3 days for the bat to eat 1,400 mosquitoes. it would take 3 hours for the bat to eat 1,400 mosquitoes.

Explanation:

The equation $900x + 1400=4100$ represents the situation where the bat has already eaten 1400 mosquitoes, eats 900 mosquitoes per hour ($x$ is the number of hours), and the total number of mosquitoes to be eaten is 4100. Solving for $x$ gives the number of additional hours needed. Since $x = 3$, it means it will take 3 more hours to reach 4100 mosquitoes.

Answer:

It would take the bat 3 hours to eat 4,100 mosquitoes.