document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=975145>Question 975145</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> HELP NEEDED! :)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If 3 cans of cat food will feed 2 cats for 1 day (assuming the rate of consumption per cat is constant).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "i) How many cans are needed to feed 8 cats for 7 days?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ii) How long will 63 cans feed 7 cats for?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #596950 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=596950\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Uniform Rates, doing a job.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Think of the cats as the agents whose job is to consume cans of cat food.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "RT=J to relate consumption rate, time, and quantity of cans of food.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rate of cats consuming together is the sum of their rates,...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3=2r%2A1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3=2r%2A1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, or here more simply, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2r=3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2r=3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8 cats, 7 days, want to know how many cans eaten.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8r%2A7=j ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8r%2A7=j\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, and you should already know from the description, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=r=3%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"r=3%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  Evaluate j.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I did not answer question (ii).  Carefully follow the uniform rates idea, and examine how question (i) was answered (or handled, even if not finished).  In (i), you need to find the number of cans of food.  j is used for the number of cans of food.  (ii), you would already know r, the rate, so now for this question, you want to find the amount of time in days. </SPAN>\n" );
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