Question

Carol is going to be away on vacation for a couple of days. She does not know how long she will be gone. Carol, however, knows that $250 will be enough for the caretaker to feed the cats, Rover and Bobo, while she is away.

How many days can the caretaker feed the cats before Carol returns? Explain your reasoning critically.

Answer 1

The answer is "$150".

Explanation:

Please find the complete question in the attached file.

In this question first, we include the quantity of food that these cats eat daily.

`\to (3)/(4)= 0.75\\\\\to (1)/(2)= 0.5 \\\\ \to 0.75+ 0.5=1.25`

They are now able to eat the total of meat we consume on a daily basis, that the food we still eat is 1,25 cans each day, and we must have the full 3 cans.

`\to 1.25 * 2=2.50`

2.5 cans and they eat 2.5 cans every 2 years with every other day so we'll have to purchase more meat. So let's go to buy some at our favourite place. 2.5 cans one another day to allow us to give the Bobo leftover .5 a can and open the new Rover can.

We also left this meal 1.25 cans, so that we can give it to them tomorrow. The feed time would not allow them to purchase food as we have the right quantity of food left. But we went for 6 cans in 4 days. Let's figure out how we're going to divide 60 by 4 =15

So we have 15 times 6 now, because that will provide us with the answer
`\to 15 * 6=90`

We finally find out just how much we pay by 90 cans in 60 days so we will find out what it costs us.

That's the number of cans we get from each purchase and we will divide 90 by 3.

`\to (90)/(3)=30`

They are going to multiply 30 times 5 now, since that is the sum of money to buy.

`\to 30 * 5=150`