Local kennel has cats and dogs in the ratio of 5:10. If there are 40 fewer cats than dogs, how many dogs are in the kennel?
Choose the correct answer.
A) 80 B) 70 C) 60 D) 50 E) 45
Lets work with the data given to us. We know that there ratio of cats to dogs is 5:10 or   cats 5   dogs 10   we can write number of cats as 5x and number of dogs as 10x and we know that 10x-5x= 40(therefore 5x = 40 =&gt; x=8)   Then # of dogs = 10x8= 80   80nswer is 80
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Local kennel has cats and dogs in the ratio of 5:10. If there are 40 fewer cats than dogs, how many dogs are in the kennel?