Question

The ratio of adult dogs or puppies at a park on Monday was 3:2 there were 12 puppies there that day on Tuesday 15 adult dogs were at the park what is the difference between the number of adult dogs at the park on Monday and Tuesday

Answer 1

3 adult dogs

Explanation:

Use this equation to find out the number of adult dogs on Monday:

`(3)/(2)`=
`(x)/(18)`.

Solve for x to find the number of adult dogs which is 18.

On Tuesday, there were 15 adult dogs so to find the difference

18-15=3 adult dogs.