If five cats can catch five mice in five minutes, how many minutes does it take one cat to catch one mouse at the same rate?
5 minutes.
If five cats catch five mice in five minutes, each cat is catching one mouse during that exact five-minute window. Therefore, one cat takes five minutes to catch one mouse.
About this riddle
Logic riddles give you a few facts and ask what must be true. List what you know, cross out what cannot be, and see what is left.
Difficulty: Easy. More like this: Logic riddles with answers or try Einstein's Logic Grid for a different kind of puzzle.
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