Question

An animal shelter spends $4.50 per day to care for each bird and $6.50 per day to care for each cat. Kaylee noticed that the shelter spent $96.00 caring for birds and cats on Thursday. Kaylee found a record showing that there were a total of 16 birds and cats on Thursday. How many birds were at the shelter on Thursday

Answer 1

4

Explanation:

Let b represent the number of birds. Then the cost of care for b birds and 16-b cats was ...

4.50b +6.50(16-b) = 96.00

-2.00b = -8.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . simplify, subtract 104

b = 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .divide by -2

The number of birds at the shelter on Thursday was 4.