If five cats can catch five mice in five minutes, how many minutes will it take one cat to catch one mouse?
5 minutes
If 5 cats catch 5 mice simultaneously in 5 minutes, it takes each individual cat 5 minutes to catch its mouse. Therefore, 1 cat will take 5 minutes to catch 1 mouse.
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