Question

The ratio of dogs to cats at a local animal shelter is 3 to 2. If there are 14 cats at the shelter how many dogs are there?

Answer 1

21 dogs

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer: 21 dogs

Explanation:

We can set up a ratio.

Let x be the number of dogs.

`(3 dogs)/(2 cats) = (x dogs)/(14 cats)`

We can cross multiply.

42 = 2x dogs

Therefore, there are 21 dogs