Question

An animal shelter houses cats​, rabbits​, and ferrets. There are 108 animals at the shelter. Of the​ animals, one third are cats. Three fourths of the remaining animals are rabbits. How many of the animals are ferrets​?

Answer 1

3

Explanation:

Answer 2

18 ferrets

Explanation:

From the statement you can write the following:

c+r+f= 108

c=cats

r= rabbits

f= ferrets

Then, you have that one third of the animals are cats:

c= 108*(1/3)= 36

Next, three fourths of the remaining animals are rabbits:

r= (108-36)*(3/4)= 72*(3/4)= 54

Now, as you have determine the amount of cats and rabbits, you can isolate f and find the amount of ferrets:

f=108-c-r

f=108-36-54

f= 18

According to this, the answer is that there are 18 ferrets.