2. FARMING The ratio of goats to sheep at a university research farm is \( 4: 7 \). The number of sheep at the farm is 28 . What is the number of goats?
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At the university research farm, if the ratio of goats to sheep is \( 4: 7 \), we know that for every 4 goats, there are 7 sheep. Given that there are 28 sheep, we can set up a proportion to find the number of goats. Since \( 7 \) represents the sheep in the ratio and there are \( 28 \) sheep at the farm, we can calculate how many groups of \( 7 \) fit into \( 28 \): \( 28 \div 7 = 4 \). This means there are \( 4 \) groups of sheep. Since each group has \( 4 \) goats, we simply multiply: \( 4 \times 4 = 16 \). Therefore, there are 16 goats at the farm. The number of goats at the farm is 16.