If five cats can catch five mice in five minutes, how long will it take one cat to catch one mouse?
How long will it take?
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Hint: Understand the rate of work, Focus on one cat.
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Answer: Five minutes.
Five cats catch five mice in five minutes. This means each cat catches one mouse in five minutes (since they work independently). Since each cat works at the same rate, one cat will also take five minutes to catch one mouse. The rate of catching mice does not change based on the number of cats. Each cat independently catches one mouse in the same amount of time, which is five minutes.
