Apet store sells puppies and kittens in the ratio 5 : 4.

if their sales of puppies and kittens combined came to 36, how many puppies did they sell?

I found it by random. You times the ratio by 4 to get 36 puppies and kittens combined.

If the puppies was 5 then 5 x 4 = 20 puppies in their sales.

If the puppies was 4 then 4 x 4 = 16 puppies in their sales.

I couldn't tell if the ratio was in the according order of puppies and then kittens or if that was just saying what the ratio was about.

20

Step-by-step explanation:

Given the ratio 5 : 4 = 5x : 4x, then

5x + 4x = 36

9x = 36 ( divide both sides by 9 )

x = 4

Hence

puppies sold = 5x = 5 × 4 = 20

kittens sold = 4x = 4 × 4 = 16