Question

The ratio of dogs to cats being adopted today at the animal rescue center is 7 to 5. If there are 70 cats up for adoption, how many dogs are there?

Answer 1

There are 98 dogs for adoption .

Explanation:

Given :

The ratio of dogs to cats being adopted today at the animal rescue center is 7 to 5.

There are 70 cats up for adoption.

To Find : how many dogs are there?

Solution :

Let number of dogs being adopted be x .

There are 70 cats up for adoption.

Since ratio ratio of dogs to cats being adopted = 7:5

⇒
`(7)/(5) = (x)/(70)`

⇒
`(7*70)/(5)=x`

⇒
`(490)/(5)=x`

⇒
`98=x`

Hence , There are 98 dogs for adoption .