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the ratio of small dogs to big dogs is 4:3. if there are 60 dogs in the show how many big dogs are there?

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Answer: 25 big dogs

Explanation:

We can rewrite the ratio as small dogs : big dogs : total dogs, or 4:3:7

We then need to find the factor that will get us from 7 to 60, the total number of dogs.

60/7 = 8.57

This factor can be used to find the exact number of the big dogs by multiplying it with the original ratio.

8.57*3 = 25.71

As we cannot have a fraction of a dog, there will be 25 big dogs.

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