Question

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?

Answer 1

Work backwards to get your answer.

Answer 2

First multiply \(\Large\frac{1}{3}\) to \(8\).

Can you do that? @laurenbisko

Answer 3

yeah 2.6666666666666665 is what i got

Answer 4

saturn has 62 moons according to the internet

Answer 5

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

Answer 6

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

Answer 7

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

Answer 8

oh ok

Answer 9

yeah thank you so much

Answer 10

The answer is B

Answer 11

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

Answer 12

Since 1/3 of saturn's moon = 6.

6 \(\times\) 3 = 18.

Answer 13

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