Paula has a dog that weighs 3 times as much as Carlos dog total weight of the dogs is 48 lb how much does a dog weigh

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Callum M · Answer 1 · 2019-09-07T23:22:57+0000

Paula's dog : Carolos' dog = 3 : 1

The total number of ratio units is 3+1 = 4, so each one stands for (48 lb)/4 = 12 lb.

Paula's dog weighs 3·12 lb = 36 lb.

Carlos' dog weighs 1·12 lb = 12 lb.