At a pet store, one fifth of the animals are cats and three-fourth are fish. there are 40 animals at the pet store. how many are mot cats or fish? show your thinking

2 animals

Step-by-step explanation:

Number of animals=40

Fraction of fish=3/4

=>number of fish=3/4*40=30

Fraction of cats=1/5

=>number of cats=1/5*40=8

Animals which are not cats or fish are=total number of animals-(number of cats + number of fish)

Animals which are not cats or fish=40-(8+30)

40-38

2 animals

3

step-by-step explanation:

divide 13.5 by 9 to get the scale factor. it equals 1.5

2 * 1.5 = 3

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