Actually this makes sense.
This is the question....if 7 dogs consume 3 bags of food in 12 weeks, how many weeks will it take 10 dogs to consume 3 bags?
When you are working our problems, usually rates problems, you can use the units to help you work out what you need to do.
here 7dogs*3bags*12weeks = 7*3*12 dogs bags weeks
The units are dogs bags weeks
So yes, this must equal
10dogs*3bags*y weeks = 7*3*y dogs bags weeks
7*3*12 = 10*3*y
etc :)
I have not used this units method for a question quite like this before. ://
Try it on a few different questions, I mean just change the numbers around and check it works Juriemagic. :)) I think you will find that it does.
Using the units in questions is often extremely helpful.