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Roy's cat eats 1/3 of a can of cat food every morning and 1/4 of a can 23 Apr 2019, 02:24
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Roy's cat eats 1/3 of a can of cat food every morning and 1/4 of a can of cat food every evening. Before feeding his cat on Monday morning, Roy opened a box containing 6 cans of cat food. On what day of the week did the cat finish eating all the cat food in the box?


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(B) Wednesday
(C) Thursday
(D) Friday
(E) Saturday
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Given:
    • Roy’s cat eats 1/3 of a can of cat food every morning and 1/4 of a can of cat food every evening.
    • Before feeding his cat on Monday morning, Roy opened a box containing 6 cans of cat food.

To find:
    • On what day of the week did the cat finish eating all the cat food in the box?

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The cat eats 1/3 food in morning and 1/4 food in evening.
    • Hence, in 1 day, the cat consumes = 1/3 + 1/4 = 7/12 of a can
    • Therefore, to consume 6 cans of food, the cat will take 6/(7/12) = 72/7 days = 10.3 days (approx.)

So, starting from Monday, on the 11th day or on Thursday the cat will finish eating all the food.

Hence, the correct answer is option C.

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Roy's cat eats 1/3 of a can of cat food every morning and 1/4 of a can 23 Apr 2019, 06:14
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Roy's cat eats 1/3 of a can of cat food every morning and 1/4 of a can of cat food every evening. Before feeding his cat on Monday morning, Roy opened a box containing 6 cans of cat food. On what day of the week did the cat finish eating all the cat food in the box?


(A) Tuesday
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per day ; 1/4+1/3 ; 7/12
total 6
so it will take ; 6/7/12 ; 72/7 ; ~ 10 days
from monday ; 10th day thursday
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Roy's cat eats 1/3 of a can of cat food every morning and 1/4 of a can 23 Apr 2019, 06:56
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Cat food can =X

1/3(X)= morning
1/4(X)= evening

In a day 7/12(X)

Let X= 12

Roy opened 6 cans on Monday =6x=6*12=72

1 day =7

Mon to mon to Wed = 70

Thursday -only 2 , needed 5 more,

Thursday- answer

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Roy's cat eats 1/3 of a can of cat food every morning and 1/4 of a can 23 Apr 2019, 12:26
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Why isn't it Friday? There is still leftover, correct? The sum says " all of the food in the box".
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Roy's cat eats 1/3 of a can of cat food every morning and 1/4 of a can 24 Apr 2019, 01:28
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Consider 1 can has 12 parts, and cat eats 7 parts in a day out of 12, on Thursday it left with only 2 parts, so it emptied all cans on Thursday morning only ,

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Roy's cat eats 1/3 of a can of cat food every morning and 1/4 of a can of cat food every evening. Before feeding his cat on Monday morning, Roy opened a box containing 6 cans of cat food. On what day of the week did the cat finish eating all the cat food in the box?


(A) Tuesday
(B) Wednesday
(C) Thursday
(D) Friday
(E) Saturday
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Each day the cat eats 1/3 + 1/4 = 4/12 + 3/12 = 7/12 of a can of cat food. Therefore, 6 cans of cat food can last 6/(7/12) = 72/7 = 10 2/7. That is, a box of 6 cans of cat food can last a little more than 10 days. So the can would finish eating all the cat food in the box on the 11th day and 11 days counting from Monday is Thursday.

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