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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?

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Answer:

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 .


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