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An animal shelter spends $2.00 per day to care for each bird and $5.00 per day to care for each cat. Maya noticed that the shelter spent $163.00 caring for birds and cats on Tuesday. Maya found a record showing that there were a total of 44 birds and cats on Tuesday. How many birds were at the shelter on Tuesday?

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Cats-25•5=125
Birds-19•2=38

25+19=44 Birds and Cats
125+38=$163 spent

There were 19 birds on Tuesday
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