Question

Use the table to answer the question.

Cats 5
Dogs 2
There are 2 dogs for every 5 cats at an animal shelter. Use this information to make a ratio table to determine how many dogs there would be if there were 15 cats.(2 points)
Cats 5
Dogs 2

Answer 1

To create a ratio table based on the information given, we can establish the ratio of cats to dogs as 5:2. We're interested in finding out how many dogs there would be if there are 15 cats.

First, we will set up the ratio:

- For every 5 cats, there are 2 dogs.
- If we multiply the number of cats by 3 (because 15 is 3 times 5), we will also need to multiply the number of dogs by 3.

Now let's calculate it:

\[
\text{Cats: } 5 \times 3 = 15 \\
\text{Dogs: } 2 \times 3 = 6
\]

Now we can create the ratio table:

| Cats | Dogs |
|------|------|
| 5 | 2 |
| 10 | 4 |
| 15 | 6 |

So, if there are 15 cats, there would be **6 dogs**.