A number of cats got together and decided to kill between them 999919 mice. Every cat killed an equal number of mice. Each cat killed more mice than there were cats. How many cats do you think there were?

• 999919 = 1000000 - 81 = 1000^2 - 9^2 = (1000+9)(1000-9) = 1009*991.
  Since there were more mice than there were cats, 991 cats killed 1009 mice each.
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• 991*1009
  
  so 991 cats
  Each cat killed 1009 mice.
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• 991 cats
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• How bro I didn't understand
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• definately more than 999........
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• 2
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• the ans is 8 . x + x+6 + x+12 + x+18+x+24=100
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• let x cat and 1 cat killes y rat
  xy=999919 and y>x
  solving these we get x
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• Let number of cats = x
  999919/x - x > 0
  x
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• No. of cats = x(say)
  Therefore, no. of mice killed by each cat = 999919/x (since, they killed equal no. of mice)
  Now, given that
  
  (999919/x) is greater than x, i.e
  
  999919/x > x, implies x*x
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