Question

A pet border keeps a dog-to-cat ratio 5;2. If the boarder has room for 98 animals then how many of them can be dogs?

Answer 1

70 dogs

Explanation:

sum the parts of the ratio , 5 + 2 = 7 parts

divide total by 7 to find the value of one part of the ratio

98 ÷ 7 = 14 ← value of 1 part of the ratio , then

5 × 14 = 70 ← number of dogs