Question

at the dog show,there are 4 times as many boxers as spaniels.if there are a total of 30 dogs,how many dogs are spaniels?

Answer 1

the dogs are in a 4/1 ratio
lets let boxers be 4X and spaniels be 1X

4x+1x=30 solve for x

x=6
the answer is 6 spaniels

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Answer 2

Find out the how many dogs are spaniels .

To prove

As given

at the dog show,there are 4 times as many boxers as spaniels.

Let us assume that the spaniels dogs = x

Let us assume that the boxers dogs = 4x

As given

There are a total of 30 dogs.

Than the equation becomes

x + 4x = 30

5x = 30

`x = (30)/(5)`

x = 6

Therefore the number of spaniels dogs be 6 .

The number of boxers dogs = 4 × 6

= 24