Question

A pet store has 8 cats, 12 dogs, and 3 rabbits. The ratio 8:23 compares Irby Pets 1 dogs to cats 2 cats to dogs 3 rabbits to cats 4 cats to all animals

Answer 1

The ratio for each animal between the stores is the divition of pet store with Irby Pets so:

For cats is going to be:

$\frac{8}{2}=4$

So the ratio is 4:1

for dogs is going to be:

$\frac{12}{3}=4$

So the ratio is again 4:1

So the total ratio will be 4:1