SOLUTION: if 3 cats can catch 3 rats in 3 minutes, how many cats are needed to catch 100 rats in 100 minutes?

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Question 612095: if 3 cats can catch 3 rats in 3 minutes, how many cats are needed to catch 100 rats in 100 minutes?
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Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if 3 cats can catch 3 rats in 3 minutes, how many cats are needed to catch 100 rats in 100 minutes?
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Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I wish tutors would give more than just the answer.

if 3 cats can catch 3 rats in 3 minutes, how many cats are needed to catch 100 rats in 100 minutes?
Since 3 cats can catch 3 rats in 3 minutes, then each cat catches one rat
in those 3 minutes.  So if you have one cat for each rat it doesn't matter
how many you have, as long as you have 1 cat for each rat, each cat will catch
one rat in those 3 minutes, So 100 cats will catch 100 rats in 3 minutes, just
as 1000 cats will catch 1000 rats in 3 minutes.

Edwin
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