3 years ago

The ratio of dogs to cats at the animal shelter is 2:5. If there are 35 cats, how many dogs are there?

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2 answers:

vekshin13 years ago

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

there are 18 dogs

Morgarella [4.7K]3 years ago

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

So the ratio of dogs (2) to cats (5) is 2:5

How did we go from 5 to 35?

Multiply by 7

So multiply 2 with 7 which is 14

So there are 14 dogs

Hope this helps!

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