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If 100 treats will feed 15 dogs (each dog is given the same number of treats), how many dogs can be fed with 40 treats?

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Answer: 6 dogs

Explanation:

If 100 treats will feed 15 dogs, then that means that the number of treats that each dog requires is:

= 100/15

= 6.67 treats

If 6.67 treats will feed one dog then the number of dogs that will be fed by 40 is:

= 40 / 6.67

= 6 dogs

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