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The ratio of cats to dogs is

4:5. If there are 20 dogs,
how many cats are there?
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User Arianna
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Answer:

16

Explanation:

Since the common ratio between cats and dogs is 4:5. We want to know cat and dogs in the ratio X:20. Thus, we can set up the equation as 4/5=X/50. Cross multiplication gets us 80=5X Solving for we get that 80/5 =X....16 =X Now, we know that the number of cats there are is 16

User Jeff Richards
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I think if there are no cats but instead dogs so 0 cats?
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