Question

The ratio of dogs to cats in a pet store is 3 is to 4. What is the number of dogs in the store if there are 20 cats?

Answer 1

Answer:

let the no of dogs and cat be 3x and 4x

given that no of cat = 4x =20

So x = 20÷4=5

so the value of x = 5

so no of dogs = 3x = 3 ×5 =15