in an apartment building there are 4 tenants who own cats for every 1 tenant who owns fish. if there are 5 tenants who own fish, how many tenants own cats?
the ratio of tenants that own cats to tenants that own fish is
4 to 1 ..that is 4 times greater
? to 5
So if 5 own fish what would the of cat owners have to be to have the same ratio
20
20?
To determine the number of tenants who own cats, we first need to find the ratio between tenants who own cats and tenants who own fish.
From the given information, we know that for every 1 tenant who owns fish, there are 4 tenants who own cats. This can be expressed as a ratio: 4 cats to 1 fish (4:1).
Next, we are given that there are 5 tenants who own fish.
To find the number of tenants who own cats, we need to multiply the number of tenants who own fish (5) by the ratio of cats to fish (4:1).
So, multiplying 5 by 4 gives us 20. Therefore, there are 20 tenants who own cats.