Question

There are 12 cats and 20 dogs in a kennel.What is the ratio of a cat to total pets?

Answer 1

The answer would be 12:32, ot 12 to 32.

Explanation:

since they ask for cats first, there are 12 cats.

next, they ask for the total of the pets.

this would be the number of cats plus the number of dogs

12 + 20= 32.

write this into a ratio, which would be 12 to 32, or 12:32

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Answer 2

The ratio of a cat to total pets is 3:8

Explanation:

Number of cats = 12

Number of dogs = 20

Total number of pets = No. of cats + No. of dogs

Total number of pets = 12+20 = 32

The ratio of a cat to total pets =
`\frac{\text{No. of cats}}{\text{Total no. of pets}}`

The ratio of a cat to total pets =
`(12)/(32)`

The ratio of a cat to total pets =
`(3)/(8)`

Hence the ratio of a cat to total pets is 3:8