124k views
2 votes
a pet boarder keeps a dog to go cat ratio of 5:2 . if the boarder has room for 98 animals then how many of them can be dogs

2 Answers

4 votes
I don’t know so sorry
User YK S
by
5.3k points
3 votes

For every 7 animals, you have 5 dogs to 2 cats. So divide 98 by 7 and you get 14 groups of 7.

Multiple 14 times 5 dogs and you get 70

Multiple 14 times 2 cats and you get 28

70 + 28 = 98.

User Naren Chejara
by
5.0k points
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.