Question

In 1999, there were 9860 Great Danes registered with the American Kennel Club. The number of registered Labrador Retrievers was 6997 more than fifteen times the number of registered Great Danes. How many registered Labrador Retrievers were there? Explain all of your work.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

153,997 Labrador Retrievers

Explanation:

Let's make an equation for this problem. We know that there were 9,860 Great Danes. The number of Labrador Retrievers was 6,997 more than 15 times the number of registered Great Danes. More than can be changed to a plus sign. 15 times the number of Great Danes is 15 times 9,860. The equation is now 15*9,860 + 6,997.

15*9,860 is 147,900

147,900 + 6,997 is 153,997.