Local kennel has cats and dogs in the ratio of 2:3. If there are 6 fewer cats than dogs, how many dogs are in the kennel? Pick:  A) 24  B) 18  C) 30  D) 15  E) 12

Rationale: lets work with the data given to us . we know that there ratio of cats to dogs is 2 : 3 or cats 2 dogs 3 we can write number of cats as 2 x and number of dogs as 3 x and we know that 3 x - 2 x = 6 ( therefore x = 6 ) then # of dogs = 3 x 6 = 18 answer is b
Answer: B