Question

An animal shelter had 45 animals adopted over one week. The ratio of dogs to ferrets was 5:1. The ratio of cats to dogs was 9:5.

Select the diagrams that would represent the types of animals adopted.
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Part B
How many of each type of animals were adopted?

ferrets,
dogs,
cats

Answer 1

there are 3 ferrets,15 dogs,27 cats

Explanation:

the ratio of the three

9:5:1

the ferrets,1/15 * 45= 3

the dogs,5/15 * 45= 15

the cats, 9/15 * 45=27