An animal shelter has 5 times as many cats as it has dogs. There are 75cats at the shelter

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asked Oct 22, 2021 160k views

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Mehdi Karamosly · Answer 1 · 2021-10-27T05:43:56+0000

Answer:

15 dogs

Explanation:

Let the number of dogs be x

number of cats be y

5 times the number of cats = number of dogs

y = x*5

Since y = 75

75 = 5x

Bring 5 to the other side n divide

x= 75/5

= 15