The ratio of cats to dogs in the park was 3 to 7, if there were 36 cats in the park, how many dogs were there

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Grzegorz Olszewski · Answer 1 · 2021-10-28T12:00:27+0000

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Answer:

84 dogs

Explanation:

We can multiply each of the numbers in the ratio by 12 to see the answer:

cats : dogs = 3 : 7 = 36 : 84

There were 84 dogs in the park.