Question

a superhero recently asked his nemesis how many cats she has. she answered with a riddle: "seven eights" of my cats plus two" how many cats does the nemesis have?

Answer 1

we are told that the number of cats is:

"7/8" of my cats plus 2

this can also be stated as:

"7/8" of my cats plus "1/8" of my cats (since 7/8 + 1/8 = 1)

remember the 2 represents 1/8 of the total number of cats.

so if 1/8 of the total is 2

then how many cats altogether?

Answer 2

\[ \frac{ c }{ 8 }=2\] what does c equal

Answer 3

do you understand?

Answer 4

yes so far

Answer 5

Is the answer 16?

Answer 6

Yes great job :)

Answer 7

thanks