HISTORIANS ONLY! How long a time would it take a mule train of 100 mules to travel 100 miles everything being

Question

equal and - how many days would it take them to transport 700 tons of gold, silver, and other treasure this distance?

THANKS!

Answer 1

It depends on how much the mules carry at once: There is no way they could do it in one trip.

Lets assume that a mule can carry 40 kilograms at once.

A mule train would be able to carry 4000 kilograms, or 4 metric tons in one round trip of 200 miles.  

This means it will take 175 trips of 200 miles each, minus 100 miles if you don't plan to return the mules.

175 X 200 = 35000 miles

A mule can travel about 20 miles per day.

35000 miles divided by 20 miles per day =

1750 days =

4.79 years!

That does not include rests for the mules.

Answer 2

whether  it is a  mule train  of 100 mules  or700 tons silver-gold and other treasur--UNLESS you give SPEED of the train nothing can be answered.

Answer 3

Well, if one mule can travel 40 miles a day, then 100 mules can travel 40 miles a day.  

100 mi / 40 mi per day = 2.5 days

It would take 2.5 days then.