100 cats are needed to kil 100 rats because one cat would rape one rat and then it carries on.
If 5 Cats kill 5 Rats in 5 minutes that equals 1 rat killed each minute by each cat. So, in twice as many minutes the same ammount of cats will kill twice as many rats... 5 cats will kill 10 rats in 10 minutes. And if left for five times as long, which is 50 minutes, those same 5 cats will kill 50 rats. So obviously you will need twice as many cats to kill twice as many rats in the same time. So the answer is... You will need 10 cats to kill 100 rats in 50 minutes.
Yes, cats can kill rats. Cats don't just kill only rats but they can also kill Mice.
Three minutes
3 minutes
10 cats For future reference, this problem is solved as follows: Let C1 be the number of cats who eat O1 rats in T1 minutes and Let C2 be the number of cats who eat O2 rats in T2 minutes C1T1/O1 = C2T2/O2 solve C2 = O2C1T1/O1T2 C2 = 100x5x5/ (5x50) = 10 cats
Well, if 3 cats can kill 3 rats in 3 minutes, that means each cat takes 3 minutes to kill a rat. So, if you have 100 cats and 100 rats, it will still take 3 minutes for all the rats to meet their unfortunate fate. Math doesn't care if you have a cat army or just a trio, it's all about efficiency.
kill the rats not the dogs and cats
It would still take 3 minutes according to the setup of the question, assuming there are enough rats to make this work. It takes 1 cat 3 minutes to find a rat, and 3 minutes for 3 cats to each find a rat. So 100 cats would only take 3 minutes to find 100 rats. Time is irrelevant since the only factors changing are the cats and the rats. However, this question assumes too many things that would likely not happen. The question assumes an even density of rats, that the cat's are equally able to catch rats, and that there are enough rats.
To kill the rats on board the ship
To kill mice and rats which ate the sailors' food and potentially carried disease.
Cats were first tamed to kill vermin like mice and rats, but soon became very loveable companions.
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