Local kennel has cats and dogs in the ratio of 6:8. If there are 10 fewer cats than dogs, how many dogs are in the kennel?	Options:	A) 30	B) 35	C) 45	D) 50	E) 40
Lets work with the data given to us. We know that there ratio of cats to dogs is 6:8 or   cats 6   dogs 8   we can write number of cats as 6x and number of dogs as 8x and we know that 8x-6x= 10(therefore 2x = 10 =&gt; x=5)   Then # of dogs = 8x5= 40   Answer is 40
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Local kennel has cats and dogs in the ratio of 6:8. If there are 10 fewer cats than dogs, how many dogs are in the kennel?