Local kennel has cats and dogs in the ratio of 6:12. If there are 24 fewer cats than dogs, how many dogs are in the kennel?
Pick.
A) 50  B) 48  C) 52  D) 54  E) 56
Lets work with the data given to us. We know that there ratio of cats to dogs is 6:12 or   cats 6   dogs 12   we can write number of cats as 6x and number of dogs as 12x and we know that 12x-6x= 24(therefore 6x = 24 =&gt; x=4)   Then # of dogs = 12x4= 48   Answer is 48
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Local kennel has cats and dogs in the ratio of 6:12. If there are 24 fewer cats than dogs, how many dogs are in the kennel?