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ratio of dogs to cats is 16 to 12....can be written as 16/12 which reduces to 4/3 or 4:3

Answer:

\(\frac{4}{3}\)

Step-by-step explanation:

Let

x-----> number of dogs

y-----> number of cats

The ratio dogs to cats is equal to

\(\frac{x}{y}\)

In this problem we have

\(x=16\ dogs, y=12\ cats\)

substitute the values

\(\frac{16}{12}=\frac{8}{6}=\frac{4}{3}\)