A certain cuty has 2700 pets. of these pets 1/4 are cats 1\5 are dogs 1/10 are horses 1/9 are frogs 1/4 are fish and the rest are various other types. how many pet dogs are ther in the city?
Mathematics · High School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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To calculate how many dogs are there in the city, divide the pets in the city by the fraction of dogs. Since there are 2700 pets in the city and 1/5 out if are dogs, divide 2700 by 1/5 to get the number of dogs in the city.
> 2700 * 1/5
> 2700 *1/5
>2700/5
>540
There are 540 pet dogs in the city.