For30 stars for right answer at the animal shelter that houses cats and dogs, 9/23 of all animals are cats. if one fourth of each type of animal is boy, and there are 27girl cats, what is the number of girl dogs in the shelter ?

The number of girl dogs are

Step-by-step explanation:

The animal shelter only houses cats and dogs.

The proportion of cats =

Therefore, the proportion of dogs =

And of each animal type is a boy.

If there are 27 girl cats, that means 27 represents of the cat population.

So we can now find the number of boy cats in the shelter,

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So the total number of boy cats are 9.

Total number of cats = Number of girl cats + Number of Boy cats

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36 cats represents proportion of the total animals.

Therefore, we can find the total number of dogs in the shelter,

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So the total number of dogs are 56.

Out of this 56 of the dogs are girls.

Therefore,

The number of girl dogs =

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1) 2/5

2) zero=0/1

3) zero=0/2

4) -4/5

5) undefined=3/0