Question

A veteran divides a 1:14 bottle of medication equally among 5 cats. How much medication did each sick cat receive?

a. 1/14
b. 1/70
c. 1/5
d. 1/2

Answer 1

Each of the five cats received 1/70 of a bottle of medication when a 1:14 bottle was divided equally among them.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks how much medication each of the five cats received if a 1:14 bottle of medication was divided equally among them. To find the answer, you divide 1 by 5, as there are five cats. Thus, the calculation would be:

1. 1 (bottle) ÷ 5 (cats) = 1/5 of the bottle per cat.
2. Since the whole bottle is a 1:14 mixture, you divide 14 by 5 to distribute the mixture equally.
3. 14 ÷ 5 = 2.8, but since we need the fraction of the single dose, we take 1 part out of those 14 parts, then 1 ÷ 5 is the same as 14 ÷ 70, which simplifies to 1/70.

Therefore, the correct answer is that each sick cat received 1/70 of the bottle of medication.