An animal shelter has 9 puppies. If the puppies are 36% of the total dog and cat population, how many dogs and cats are in the animal shelter?

Mathematics · High School · Thu Feb 04 2021

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Given : number of puppies = 9

It is also given that if the puppies are 36% of the total dog and cat population.

or

 

By cross multiply we get;

 

Divide both sides by 36 we get;

 

Therefore, total number of dogs and cat population in animal shelter are 25.