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The ratio of dogs to cats in an animal shelter 3:1. If there are 56 dogs and cats in all, how many more dogs than cats are there

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Darya [45]3 years ago

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There are 18 cats! (well, 18.6, so you could round it up to 19...)
explanation:
3:1 is a fancy term for 1/3
so 56 divided by 3 is 18.66666

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