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Complete Question
Michael keeps dogs, cows, cats and kangaroos as pets. He has 24 pets in total and 1/8 of them are dogs, 3/4 are not cows and 2/3 are not cats. How many kangaroos does Michael keep?
Answer:
7 kangaroos
Step-by-step explanation:
Total number of pets = 24
Fraction representing total number of pets = 1
Step 1
Number of dogs =
Fraction representing dog = 1/8
1/8 × 24 = 3
He has 3 dogs
Step 2
Number of cows =
From the question, we are told that 3/4 are not cows
Therefore, the number of cows he has =
1 - 3/4 = 1/4
The fraction representing cows = 1/4
Hence the number of cows he has =
1/4 × 24 = 6 cows
Step 3
From the question, we are also told that
2/3 are not cats
The fraction representing the number of cats he has=
1 - 2/3 = 1/3
Therefore, the number of cats he has =
1/3 × 24 = 8 cats.
Step 4
How many kangaroos does Michael keep?
We are asked, how many kangaroos he keeps.
Total numbers of pets = Number of dogs + Number of cows + Number of cats + Number of kangaroos
24 = 3 + 6 + 8 + Number of kangaroos
Number of kangaroos = 24 -(3 + 6 + 8)
= 24 - 17
= 7
Therefore, the number of kangaroos that Michael has is 7 kangaroos
