Question

The ratio of cats to dogs is 4:5. If there are 20 dogs, how many cats are there? 29

Answer 1

I think if there are no cats but instead dogs so 0 cats?

Answer 2

Answer:

16

Step-by-step explanation:

Since the common ratio between cats and dogs is 4:5. We want to know cat and dogs in the ratio X:20. Thus, we can set up the equation as 4/5=X/50. Cross multiplication gets us 80=5X  Solving for  we get that 80/5 =X....16 =X Now, we know that the number of cats there are is 16