Question The ratio of small dogs to large dogs at the pet store is two to three. There are 45 dogs at the pet store. Represent the ratio with a tape diagram.

Answer 1

To represent the ratio of small dogs to large dogs at the pet store using a tape diagram, you can divide a tape into two parts. One part should be labeled "small dogs" and the other part should be labeled "large dogs."

Since the ratio of small dogs to large dogs is two to three, we can divide the tape into 5 equal parts.

The first two parts will represent the small dogs, and the remaining three parts will represent the large dogs.

Here is a representation of the ratio using a tape diagram:

Small Dogs Large Dogs
-------------------|---------------------|---------------------

Each part of the tape diagram represents 9 dogs since there are 45 dogs at the pet store (5 parts x 9 dogs = 45 dogs).

So, the first two parts represent 18 small dogs, and the remaining three parts represent 27 large dogs.