An animal shelter has 9/10 of its crates filled with animals.
12 of the filled crates are holding dogs.
What fraction of the total number of crates are holding dogs?
i think it is 10/12
and why do you think this?
It is impossible to say, given the data provided.
If there are x crates in total, then 12/x hold dogs, regardless of what fraction are filled with some kind of animal.
I suspect that you garbled the question.
Im sorry i think i left out something thanks for pointing it out
To find the fraction of crates holding dogs, we need to compare the number of crates holding dogs to the total number of crates.
First, let's find the total number of crates. We know that 9/10 of the crates are filled with animals, so the remaining 1/10 of the crates are empty.
To find the total number of crates, we can assume a convenient number for the total. Let's assume there are 10 crates in total.
Since 9/10 of the crates are filled, 9 crates are filled with animals.
Therefore, the number of empty crates is 10 crates - 9 crates = 1 crate.
Now, we know that there are 12 crates holding dogs.
To find the fraction of the total number of crates holding dogs, we can divide the number of crates holding dogs by the total number of crates.
12 crates holding dogs ÷ 10 total crates = 12/10
However, this fraction is not in simplest form. We can simplify it by dividing both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 2.
Simplifying, we get:
12 ÷ 2 / 10 ÷ 2 = 6/5
So, the fraction of the total number of crates holding dogs is 6/5.