Respuesta :
ratio of dogs to cats is 16 to 12....can be written as 16/12 which reduces to 4/3 or 4:3
Answer:
[tex]\frac{4}{3}[/tex]
Step-by-step explanation:
Let
x-----> number of dogs
y-----> number of cats
The ratio dogs to cats is equal to
[tex]\frac{x}{y}[/tex]
In this problem we have
[tex]x=16\ dogs, y=12\ cats[/tex]
substitute the values
[tex]\frac{16}{12}=\frac{8}{6}=\frac{4}{3}[/tex]