Question

A kennel has eight adult dogs and 14 puppies what is the ratio of adult dogs two puppies use a multiplication to have comparison to explain its meaning

Answer 1

Number of adult dogs a kennel has = 8 dogs.

Number of puppies = 14 puppies.

We need to find the ratio of adult dogs to puppies = Number of adult dogs: Number of puppies.

= 8:14.

Now, we need to write 8:14 in fraction form
`(8)/(14) .`

Greatest common factor of 8 and 14 is 2.

`(8)/(14) = (2* 4)/(2 * 7)`
`=(4)/(7)`.

Therefore, ratio of adult dogs to puppies is 4:7.