Question

In a shelter, the number of kennels is proportional to the number of dogs. The constant of proportionality in terms of dogs per kennel is 3, and there are 27 dogs in the shelter. How many kennels are there?

A.
9
B.
15
C.
30
D.
81

Answer 1

The answer is A.9

Explanation:

If there are three dogs in each kennel, you need to divide the number of dogs by three since the kennels divide three of them each. Twenty seven can be divided by three nine times. Therefore there are nine kennels.

Answer 2

It’s A because 27 divided by 3 is 9