Last week, Malika’s cat slept 18 hours each day. Her baby slept 91 hours total for the week. Compare the proportional relationship of the number of hours the cat and baby sleep each day.(1 point)

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The cat and the baby slept the same amount of hours total for the week.
The cat and the baby slept the same amount of hours total for the week.

The baby slept fewer hours per day than the cat.
The baby slept fewer hours per day than the cat.

The cat slept fewer hours per day than the baby.
The cat slept fewer hours per day than the baby.

Both the cat and the baby spend less than half the hours of the day sleeping.
Both the cat and the baby spend less than half the hours of the day sleeping.

Answer 1

To compare the sleeping hours of Malika's cat and baby, we can calculate the daily sleeping hours for both.

Cat:

• The cat sleeps 18 hours each day.
• Over the course of a week (7 days), the total is:
  \( 18 , \text{hours/day} \times 7 , \text{days} = 126 , \text{hours/week} \)

Baby:

• The baby slept a total of 91 hours for the week.
• To find out how many hours the baby slept each day, we calculate:
  \( \frac{91 , \text{hours}}{7 , \text{days}} \approx 13 , \text{hours/day} \)

Now let's compare the two:

• The cat sleeps 18 hours per day.
• The baby sleeps approximately 13 hours per day.

From this comparison, we can conclude:

• "The baby slept fewer hours per day than the cat."

So the correct response is: The baby slept fewer hours per day than the cat.