Question

I need help with this ratio problem.

Problem:An animal shelter wants their ratio of dogs to cats to be 3:2. If the animal shelter has 78 dogs,how many cats should they have?

Can you do step by step
Thank you

Answer 1

The answer is

3/2 78/x

78(2) = 3x

156 = 3x

Divide 3 Divide 3

52 = x

52cats

Answer 2

so lets start off with 3:2

if they already have the 78 dogs they want 2/3 of cats (2/3 of 78 since they want 1/3 more of dogs)

78÷3= is 26

this means 26 is 1/3 but we want two thirds so we times it by 2! which is 52, the answer should be

78:52

hope this helps!~~♡♡chyna