2007-09-28 06:05:21 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Cats
tricky huh? One cat will eat one mice in 3 minutes on average.
If 100 cats eat 100 mice starting at the same time, then they will take an average of 3 minutes. If you want the cumulative time or one-at-a-time, then add up each time from each cat which will make 300 minutes.
2007-09-28 06:22:50 · answer #1 · answered by Darlene 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Three.
If 3 cats eat 3 mice in 3 minutes and 100 cats eat 100 mice, the time should stay the same, so it's three
2007-09-28 06:12:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Depends. If three cats each eat 3 mice in 3 minutes, (1 mouse per minute) then one would have to assume that 100 cats each eat 100 mice in 100 minutes (assuming they don't go pop before finishing!). If, however, the three cats are only faced with 3 mice between them and each take 3 minutes to eat, then one would have to assume that 100 cats would take 3 minutes to eat a mouse each.
2016-03-13 06:12:37 · answer #3 · answered by Erika 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
3 cats eat 3 mice in 3 minutes...
So, the rate of work is 3 minutes to eat one mouse (divide the amount of work (mice) by the number of workers (cats)- how many cats are eating how many mice?)
So, 1 cat eats 1 mouse in 3 minutes.
As long as the ratio of work to workers is the same, the answer is the same- 100 mice and 100 cats- 3 minutes. A million cats, a million mice- 3 minutes.
If you said '100', you fell into the trap of treating all the numbers equally. It is NOT 1 cat eating 1 mouse in 1 minute- if it were, then 3 cats would eat 3 mice in 1 minute.
2007-09-28 06:37:52 · answer #4 · answered by Madkins007 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that this is a trick question. If it takes each of the 3 cats to eat 3 mice in 3 minutes, then on an estimation, each of the 100 cats takes 3 minutes to eat a mouse.
2007-09-28 06:15:00 · answer #5 · answered by Onomatopoeia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
100 Cats And A Mouse
2016-12-16 04:59:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it takes one cat 3 minutes to eat one mouse. if all the 100 cats eat at the same time, then 3 minutes.
2007-09-28 09:14:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
talking problem out:
3 cats eat 3 mice in 3 minutes.
100 cats eat 100 mice in how many minutes?
unless this a trick question? I would say its 300.
2007-09-28 06:17:03 · answer #8 · answered by queenofsiberia 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Threeeeeeeeee!?!?!
If it takes three cats to eat three mice then on average it takes a cat three minutes to eat a mouse.... cause I'm assuming they are eating the mice at the same time..... so then just because there is more cats and more mice doesn't mean the cats eat slower.... Right?!?!
2007-09-28 06:09:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If 3 cats eat 3 mice in 3 minutes then 100 cats eat 100 mice in 100 minutes is that suppose to be hard??
2007-09-28 06:11:37 · answer #10 · answered by Randomosity 3 · 0⤊ 7⤋