Question

a pet shop only sells cats and rabbits the ratio of cats to rabbits are 3:5 there is 15 cats in the pet shop how many animals in total

Answer 1

Answer: 40

Work Shown:

cats/rabbits = 3/5

15/r = 3/5

15*5 = 3r

3r = 75

r = 75/3

r = 25

There are 25 rabbits and 15 cats to have a total of 25+15 = 40 pets.