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  • 03-03-2022
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The ratio of dogs to cats at a local animal shelter is 3 to 2. If there are 14 cats at the shelter how many dogs are there?

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Аноним Аноним
  • 03-03-2022

Answer: 21 dogs

Step-by-step explanation:

We can set up a ratio.

Let x be the number of dogs.

[tex]\frac{3 dogs}{2 cats} = \frac{x dogs}{14 cats}[/tex]

We can cross multiply.

42 = 2x dogs

Therefore, there are 21 dogs

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raeqx
raeqx raeqx
  • 03-03-2022

Answer:

21 dogs

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