SOLUTION: pooky eats three cans of cat food each day. how long will 27 cans of food last?

SOLUTION: pooky eats three cans of cat food each day. how long will 27 cans of food last?

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Question 179173: pooky eats three cans of cat food each day. how long will 27 cans of food last?
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if he uses 3 cans per day and he has 27 cans
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27/3 should give us the amount of days it will last
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9 days
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27 cans/ 3 (cans/day) thats cans/(cans/day)..invert (cans/day) and multiply
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27/3=9 most of the time when you just look at the units you can figure a problem out
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