The Sine Function
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Step-by-step explanation:
If the ratio of dogs to cats is 49:28, as an actual ratio (fraction), this is
We can reduce that to make the numbers smaller without changing the ratio. reducing gives us
We will use that ratio now to set up a proportion that involves a given number of cats and an unknown number of dogs. Keeping dogs on top and cats on bottom,
Cross multiply to get
4x = 140 so
x = 35
According to the ratio of dogs to cats, if there are 20 cats, there will be 35 dogs.