The ratio of cats to dogs in the pound is 8:6. In total, there are 66 dogs. how many cats are there in the pound?

Please explain

1 Answer
Jan 7, 2018

88 cats

Explanation:

Remember that a ratio is always given in the simplest form.

8:6 should be given as 4:3

So, after dividing each part of a ratio by the HCF, you will have the correct ratio.

We have:

"cats" " : ""dogs"
8" ":" "6

But we know the actual number of dogs:

"cats" " : ""dogs"
8" ":" "6
?" ":" "66

Note that 6 xx 11 = 66

Therefore: 8 xx 11 =x

88=x

There are 88 cats