Question

In an animal shelter, the ratio of dogs to cats is 5 to 3. There are 25 dogs. Write and solve a proportion to find the number c of cats

Answer 1

Ratio : 5:3
Dogs to cats: 25:?
5 x 5 = 25
3 x 5 = 15

Ratio : 25:15

Hope This helps!!
~Kiwi

Answer 2

This is an easy one!

Ratio = dogs to cats = 5 : 3

So, 25 : x

5:3 :: 25:x

Therefore the number of cats = (25x3)/5

You can solve from there! Hope this helped!