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A dog washer can clean 27 dogs in 3 hours. At this rate, how many dogs can she wash in 8 hours?

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Answer:

72 dogs

Step-by-step explanation:

In 3 hours, a dog washer can clean 27 dogs.


\implies In\; 1\; \text{hour, he can clean }(27)/(3)=9\text{ dogs}

Thus, at this rate, the number of dogs that can be washed:


\begin{gathered} =8*9 \\ =72\text{ dogs} \end{gathered}

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