There are three times as many cats in the animal shelter as puppies. There are twelve times as many fish as there are puppies. I

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f there are 12 cats, how many fish and puppies are at the shelter?

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damaskus [11] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-28T17:31:08+03:00

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Answer:

12 fish and puppies

Step-by-step explanation:

There is 1 fish for every 3 puppies. So that is 4 animals in 1 "set".

We have $\frac{12}{3}$ "sets", which means 4 sets.

4 fish per "set" and 3 "sets" means there are

4 × 3 or 12 fish and puppies.