SOLUTION: The ratio of doves to parrots in a cage is 3 to 8. If there are 33 doves and parrots in the cage altogether, then how many parrots are there? Please write the information clearl

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Question 827362: The ratio of doves to parrots in a cage is 3 to 8. If there are 33 doves and parrots in the cage altogether, then how many parrots are there?
Please write the information clearly in words so I can understand it.
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The ratio of 3:8 uses 11 parts.
3%2F11 of the birds are doves; and 8%2F11 of the birds are parrots.