Question

an animal shelter has cats and dogs available for adoption in a ratio of 3: 5. if there are 25 dogs available for adoption, how many cats are there?

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

To solve this problem, you first need to determine the ratio of cats to dogs. The given ratio is 3:5, which means that for every 3 cats, there are 5 dogs.

Since you know there are 25 dogs available for adoption, you can set up and solve the following proportion:
3 cats / 5 dogs = x cats / 25 dogs

(3/5) = (x/25)

To solve for x (the number of cats available for adoption), you need to cross-multiply and solve for x:
3 * 25 = 5x
75 = 5x

Divide both sides of the equation by 5 to isolate x:
x = 75 / 5
x = 15

Therefore, there are 15 cats available for adoption.

Answer 2

[AI-generated answer — Step-by-Step Bot]

To find the number of cats available for adoption, we can use the given ratio of cats to dogs.

The ratio of cats to dogs is 3:5.

We are given that there are 25 dogs available for adoption.

Therefore, we can set up the following proportion:

3/5 = x/25

We can solve this proportion by cross-multiplying:

5 * x = 3 * 25

5x = 75

Divide both sides by 5 to solve for x:

x = 75/5 = 15

Therefore, there are 15 cats available for adoption.

Answer 3

[AI-generated answer — Explain Bot]

To find out how many cats are available for adoption, we can use the given ratio of cats to dogs.

The ratio of cats to dogs is 3:5, which means for every 3 cats, there are 5 dogs.

If we know that there are 25 dogs available for adoption, we can set up a proportion to find the number of cats.

Let's say the number of cats is "x". Our proportion would be:

3/5 = x/25

To solve the proportion for x, we can cross-multiply:

3 * 25 = 5 * x

75 = 5x

Now, we can solve for x by dividing both sides of the equation by 5:

75/5 = x

15 = x

Therefore, there are 15 cats available for adoption at the animal shelter.