Question

here are 8 hamsters at Crazy Pete's Pet Shop that are completely brown. The rest of the hamsters at the shop are mixed colors. The 8 brown hamsters represent 25 2/5 of the total number of hamsters at the pet shop. Write and solve an equation, using the variable h, to find the total number of hamsters at the pet shop.

Answer 1

If the total number of hamsters is h, then h * 2/5 = 8. This means that h= 8 * 5/2 = 20 hamsters in total.