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3. Writing to Explain At a cat and dog hospital, 9 of the patients

were cats, 17 were dogs. Use this fact to write two ratios.
Explain what each ratio means.

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Answer:


(9)/(17) or 9:17 This is the ratio of cats to dogs.


(17)/(9) or 17:9 This is the ratio of dogs to cats.

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