Local kennel has cats and dogs in the ratio of 2:3.
Local kennel has cats and dogs in the ratio of 2:3. If there are 6 fewer cats than dogs, how many dogs are in the kennel?
Answer/Solution
18
Steps/Work
Lets work with the data given to us. We know that there ratio of cats to dogs is 2:3 or
cats 2
dogs 3
we can write number of cats as 2x and number of dogs as 3x and we know that 3x-2x= 6 (therefore x = 6)
Then # of dogs = 3x6= 18
Answer is B
cats 2
dogs 3
we can write number of cats as 2x and number of dogs as 3x and we know that 3x-2x= 6 (therefore x = 6)
Then # of dogs = 3x6= 18
Answer is B