Question

the pet store had 6 puppies selling for $104 each and 12 kittens selling for $24 each. Today only 2 puppies and 8 kittens were left. In dollar terms what was the ratio of sales of puppies to kittens

Answer 1

The pet store sold 4 puppies for $104 each, for a total of $416. The pet store sold 4 kittens for $24 each, for a total of $96.

The ratio of sales of puppies to kittens is 416:96, which simplifies to 13:3.

Answer 2

since it's two puppies left and each sells for$104 then the two puppies will be $208 same thing applies to the kittens eight left will be $192.therfore the ratio of puppies to kittens will be $208/$192 or approximately $13/$3.