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In a pet store there are a total of 25 animals; 15 of the animals are dogs. Determine the ratio of animals that are NOT dogs to the total animals in the store. (do NOT simplify)

User Jerry Wu
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10/25

Explanation:

if theres 25 animals in total and 15 of them are dogs then theres 10 animals left

User Kamaria
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Solution

For this case we know that the total of animals are 25

We also know that 15 are dogs

The the number of NOT dogs are:

25-15= 10

And if we want to find the ratio of animals that are NOT dogs to the total animals we got:


(10)/(25)

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