Question

Brown rat and opossum

hamster and lemming

opossum and prairie dog

Determine if each pair of animals has the same ratio of body length to tail length. Explain your reasoning.

Answer 1

Hamster and lemming has about the same body to tail ratio. Since, their body to tail ratios is about 20%. However opossum and prairie dog do not at all. The opossum is about 73.47% and the prairie dog is about 14.29%.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Hamster and lemming have the same ratio of 1/5 and the others are unequal.