Ms. Diaz feeds stray cats in the park every evening. She never knows how many cats will come to be fed. The food is always shared equally among the cats at the park. One evening, when 6 cups of cat food were shared, each cat received 2/3 of cup of cat food. How many cats were fed that evening?
A
4 cats
B
6 cats
C
9 cats
D
18 cats
Steph your answer is A 4 cats
6 / (2/3) = 6 * 3/2 = 9
4 is the answer to:
6 cats were each given 2/3 cup. How many cups were given?
Always watch the units.
cups divided by cups/cat = cats
O.k. I'll remember the next time when i am answering a question of my own thx
To find the number of cats that were fed that evening, we can divide the total amount of cat food shared by the amount of food each cat received.
Let's denote the number of cats as "x."
According to the information given, each cat received 2/3 of a cup of cat food.
So, the total amount of cat food shared can be calculated as 2/3 * x.
Now, we know that 6 cups of cat food were shared, so we can set up the equation:
2/3 * x = 6
To solve for x, we can multiply both sides of the equation by the reciprocal of 2/3, which is 3/2:
(x/1) * (3/2) = 6 * (3/2)
This simplifies to:
3x/2 = 9
Next, we can multiply both sides of the equation by the reciprocal of 3/2, which is 2/3:
(3x/2) * (2/3) = 9 * (2/3)
This simplifies to:
x = 18/3
x = 6
Therefore, the number of cats fed that evening is 6.
So, the correct answer is option B) 6 cats.