Question

18 cats and 21 dogs are in an animal shelter.

If 6 months later, there are a total of 273 animals in the shelter how many cats and how many dogs will there be if the ratio remained the same?

Answer 1

126 cats and 147 dogs

Step-by-step explanation:

Ratio of cats to dogs is 18:21 and 18+21 is 39

We can divide 273 by 39 to find out how much the total cats and dogs increased, which is by 7 times.

18*7=126

21*7=147