Question

The ratio of cats to dogs in the Dickinson Animal Shelter is 3 to 5. There are 12 cats in the shelter. What is the total number of animals in the animal shelter?

Answer 1

Answer:

32 animals total

Step-by-step explanation:

First, you have to figure out what multiplied by 3 equals twelve- which is four.

then you multiply five by four to get twenty, which is the number of dogs in the shelter.

next you add the two values together (12+20) to get 32