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You’re stranded on a remote desert island with only a chicken, a bag of corn, and a shade tree. To survive as long as possible in hopes of being rescued, should you eat the chicken at once and then the corn? Or eat the corn, feeding enough to the chicken to keep it alive, and then eat the chicken when the corn is gone? Or are your survival chances the same either way? Explain.

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QUESTION:

You’re stranded on a remote desert island with only a chicken, a bag of corn, and a shade tree. To survive as long as possible in hopes of being rescued, should you eat the chicken at once and then the corn? Or eat the corn, feeding enough to the chicken to keep it alive, and then eat the chicken when the corn is gone? Or are your survival chances the same either way? Explain.

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Solution Step 1 Listing the energy sources for man and chicken. Man: Chicken, Corn Chicken : Corn

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