If Chef puts 2 ostrich eggs and 14 duck eggs into his plate He runsout of duck eggs and uses 5 ostrich eggs, how many duck eggs are equivalent to 1 ostrich egg?

Question

I have been trying for the past few days to figure this out but I can't even figure out how to write the equation. 

Answer 1

I think you mean "A chef wants to put 2 ostrich eggs and 14 duck eggs into his plate, but he runs out of duck eggs and has to use 5 ostrich eggs; how many duck eggs are equivalent to 1 ostrich egg?" 

 

Assuming that I understood that correctly, here's how to solve it:

 

the chef has used 5 ostrich eggs. He was supposed to use 2, so the 3 extra eggs were used to replace the 14 duck eggs. This means that 3 ostrich eggs are equal to 14 duck eggs, and 1 ostrich egg is equal to (14/3) or 4.67 duck eggs.