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A pet store had four cats to feed if they only had 1/9 of a bag of cat food and each cat got the same amount what fraction of the bag would each cat get

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Each cat would get 1/36 of the bag of food
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Answer:

If the pet store had 1/9 of a bag of cat food, and they want to divide it equally between 4 cats, then each cat would get 1/9 of the bag divided by 4.

So, each cat would get:

1/9 ÷ 4 = 1/9 * 1/4 = 1/36

So, each cat would get 1/36 of the bag of cat food.

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