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Problem

Denali and Nate work for a dog walking business and are paid for each dog they walk. Denali is responsible for dogs and Nate is responsible for dogs. Under the company's new policy, they will be assigned or unassigned new dogs in groups of dogs. The ratio of Denali's pay to Nate's pay would be the same if Denali started walking more dogs and Nate stayed at dogs or if of Nate's dogs were reassigned to Denali. Find if .
Solution
Rewriting the sentence "the ratio of Denali's pay to Nate's pay would be the same if Denali started walking more dogs and Nate stayed at dogs or if of Nate's dogs were reassigned to Denali" as an equation, we have Clearing denominators, Because cannot be , .
Final answer
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