maths question
Denver, Engle and Fido are all dogs who eat differing amounts of dog food.
Denver gets
4
19
of the dog food.
Engle and Fido share the rest of the food in the ratio 9 : 5What is Fido's share of the dog food?
Show your answer as a percentage, rounded to the nearest percent if necessary.
Denver gets
4
19
of the dog food.
Engle and Fido share the rest of the food in the ratio 9 : 5What is Fido's share of the dog food?
Show your answer as a percentage, rounded to the nearest percent if necessary.
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by 456589ReWa?'.,OPDenver, Engle and Fido are all dogs who eat differing amounts of dog food.
Denver gets
4
19
of the dog food.
Engle and Fido share the rest of the food in the ratio 9 : 5What is Fido's share of the dog food?
Show your answer as a percentage, rounded to the nearest percent if necessary.
Denver gets
4
19
of the dog food.
Engle and Fido share the rest of the food in the ratio 9 : 5What is Fido's share of the dog food?
Show your answer as a percentage, rounded to the nearest percent if necessary.
just for clarification, I'm assuming denver gets 4/19 of the food (four nineteenths)
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Original post
by LXY0705just for clarification, I'm assuming denver gets 4/19 of the food (four nineteenths)
if so, if Denver gets 4/19 of the food, then Engle and Fido in total would get 15/19 of the dog food since 4/19 + 15/19 is 1 or a whole. According to the ratio, Fido gets 5/14 of the food between the two of Engle and Fido. Hence, you need to do 5/14 x 15/19 which comes out as 28%, hope this helps!
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