Problema Solution
An animal shelter spends $4.00 per day to care for each cat and $8.00 per day to care for each dog. Easton noticed that the shelter spent $140.00 caring for cats and dogs on Thursday. Easton found a record showing that there were a total of 24 cats and dogs on Thursday. How many cats were at the shelter on Thursday?
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Let 'x' represent the number of cats in the shelter.
Since the total of cats and dogs is 24 follows that there were 24 - x dogs in the shelter.
4x + 8(24 - x) = 140
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x = 13 cats
There were 13 cats at the shelter on Thursday.