document.write( "Question 612095: if 3 cats can catch 3 rats in 3 minutes, how many cats are needed to catch 100 rats in 100 minutes? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "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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document.write( "Since 3 cats can catch 3 rats in 3 minutes, then each cat catches one rat\r\n" );
document.write( "in those 3 minutes.  So if you have one cat for each rat it doesn't matter\r\n" );
document.write( "how many you have, as long as you have 1 cat for each rat, each cat will catch\r\n" );
document.write( "one rat in those 3 minutes, So 100 cats will catch 100 rats in 3 minutes, just\r\n" );
document.write( "as 1000 cats will catch 1000 rats in 3 minutes.\r\n" );
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