in one city , the ratio of the households with pets to house holds without pets is 30 to 29. if 20,735 households do not have pe

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in one city , the ratio of the households with pets to house holds without pets is 30 to 29. if 20,735 households do not have pe

ts, how many house holds have pets

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damaskus [11] · Answer 1 · 2023-08-16T14:05:25+03:00

The number of number of house holds have pets will be 21450 when 20,735 households do not have pets.

What is proportion ?

A proportion is an equation based on the equality of two ratios.

It is given that the ratio of the households with pets to house holds without pets is 30 to 29 and if 20,735 households do not have pets then it is find the number of number of house holds have pets. It can be find out using the ratio correlation :

That is , 29 is the ratio of house holds without pets ⇒ 20735

1 unit of house holds without pet ⇒ 20735/29 = 715 house hold

Now, the ratio of households with pets ⇒ 30 x 715 = 21450 house hold

Therefore, the number of number of house holds have pets will be 21450 when 20,735 households do not have pets.