Malik volunteers for an animal shelter. use the table to find the number of dogs that will be at the shelter when there are 85 cats at the shelter.
DOGS: CATS:
1 5
7 35
?? 85
Answers:
A. 5
B. 8
C. 15
D. 17
To find the number of dogs that will be at the shelter when there are 85 cats, we can look for a pattern in the table.
If we compare the number of cats to the number of dogs in each row, we can see that the ratio of cats to dogs is always 7:1.
In the first row, there are 5 cats and 1 dog. Since 5 is 7 times smaller than 35, the number of dogs is also 7 times smaller, which means there are (1/7) * 5 = 5/7 dogs in the second row.
In the second row, there are 35 cats and 7 dogs. If we apply the same ratio, we can find the number of dogs in the third row. 85 is 7 times larger than 35, so the number of dogs will also be 7 times larger, which means there are 7 * 7 = 49 dogs in the third row.
Therefore, the number of dogs that will be at the shelter when there are 85 cats is 49.
The correct answer is not given in the options.