Neptune has 8 known moons. This is 2 more than 1/3 of the number of known moons on Saturn. How many moons is Saturn known to have?

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quietus · Answer

Work backwards to get your answer.

anonymous · Answer

First multiply $\Large\frac{1}{3}$ to $8$.

Can you do that? @laurenbisko

anonymous · Answer

yeah 2.6666666666666665 is what i got

anonymous · Answer

saturn has 62 moons according to the internet

anonymous · Answer

the choices are a.22
b.18
c.30
d.25

wolf1728 · Answer

mnmnmnm Yes that is what wikipedia says http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn However, that is not the "real" answer.

wolf1728 · Answer

1/3 Saturn's Moons + 2 = 8
1/3 Saturn's Moons  = 6
Can you get the rest?

anonymous · Answer

oh ok

anonymous · Answer

yeah thank you so much

anonymous · Answer

The answer is B

anonymous · Answer

Because 18*1/3=6, and neptunes moons are 2 more than this

anonymous · Answer

Since 1/3 of saturn's moon = 6.

6 $\times$ 3 = 18.

anonymous · Answer

^^^