A tribe of 30 people eats 1/3 of a deer a day and has 8 hunters. If successful, every team of 2 hunters can hunt a deer per day. If the tribe sent out its hunters for 3 days and they all returned successful, for how many days will there be enough meat for everyone?
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A tribe of 30 people eats 1/3 of a deer a day and has 8 hunters. If successful, every team of 2 hunters can hunt a deer per day. If the tribe sent out its hunters for 3 days and they all returned successful, for how many days will there be enough meat for everyone?

8 hunters=4 teams=4 dear per day

3 days x 4 dear per day=12 dear

12 dear :1/3=36 days
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