document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1143029>Question 1143029</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> It takes 3 cats 3 minutes to catch 3 mice. How many cats are needed  to catch 99 mice in 99 minutes?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A)3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B)11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C)33<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D)99 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "There are many different ways to look at problems like this.  Here are a couple of ways that work for me.  Possibly you will get responses from other tutors showing other methods; you might like one of them better....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1) The 3 cats together catch 3 mice in 3 minutes, so their rate of catching mice is 1 per minute.  So the same 3 cats will catch 99 mice in 99 minutes.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2) Changing the number of mice from 3 to 99 multiplies the required number of cats by 99/3 = 33.  Then changing the number of minutes from 3 to 99 DIVIDES the required number of cats by 99/3 = 33.  So you end up requiring the same number of cats. </SPAN>\n" );
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