Question

A superhero recently asked his nemesis how many cats she has. She answered with a riddle: "Two-thirds of my cats plus three." How many cats does she have?

Answer 1

i got 11/3 idk if its right though

Answer 2

This question is driving me nuts haha

Answer 3

Where did all that extra info come from @clara.university I read only "Two-thirds of cats plus three."

Answer 4

yah same here

Answer 5

Come on GrooveThumper, how is the problem really worded?

Answer 6

That's exactly how it was worded, verbatim.

Answer 7

Where did clara.university get the info that was posted in her solution.

Answer 8

maybe she made it up

Answer 9

No idea.

Answer 10

3/4C + 3 = C
3 = C - 3/4C
3 = 4/4C - 3/4C
3 = 1/4C
3/(1/4) = C
3 * 4/1 = C
12 = C
I think there is 12 cats

Answer 11

makes sense to me ^

Answer 12

Would you substitute the 2/3 posted in the problem for where you have 3/4?

Answer 13

wait...I wrote it wrong
2/3C + 3 = C
3 = C - 2/3C
3 = 3/3C - 2/3C
3 = 1/3C
3/(1/3) = C
3 * 3/1 = C
9 = C

I found another problem like it using different numbers...sorry, I wrote the wrong problem. This is the right one.

Answer 14

Thanks texaschic101, 9 cats it is.

Answer 15

Thank you so much, Texas! I accidentally hit the "best response" on another one - otherwise I would have given it to you!

Answer 16

no worries....I am not worried about medals

Answer 17

Still deserve it though! :)
Thank you, again.

Answer 18

sure thing :)

Answer 19

I gave her one, it was worth it to get rid of all that anxiety. lol

Answer 20

Hahaha

Answer 21

Plus it was a good exercise in algebra, step by step. I have one cat and he is enough!.

Answer 22

Welcome to Open Study @GrooveThumper I believe that was your first question.

Answer 23

yo @radar i got a hard one posted think you can help?

Answer 24

no ones given me a response :(

Answer 25

I go look and see.

Answer 26

thanks bud :D