Question

At the animal board house, the ratio of dogs to cats is 5:2. If there are 70 dogs in boarding, how many total animals are at the boarding house?

Answer 1

98 total animals

Explanation:

For every 5 dogs, there are 2 cats.

For every 10 dogs, there are 4 cats.

For every 15 dogs, there are 6 cats.

Hopefully you can see the pattern by looking at dogs and cats.

So for 70 dogs, 70 / 5 = 14

So you multiply the amount of dogs by 14 to get 70, but you also have to do the same with cats.

2 cats * 14 = 28 cats.

70 dogs + 28 cats = 98 total animals.