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 MAN REGISTERED LABRADOR RETRIEVERS WERE THERE?

Answer 1

154,897 REGISTERED LABRADOR RETRIEVERS WERE THERE

Explanation:

Given the statement: IN 1999, THERE WERE 9860 GREAT DANES REGISTERED WITH THE AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB.

Also, THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED LABRADOR RETRIEVERS WAS 6997 MORE THAN FIFTEEN TIMES THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED GREAT DANES

Let x represents the number of Great Danes registered and y represents the number of Labrador retrievers registered.

The statement:

"Fifteen times the number of registered great Danes " means 15x

and

"6997 more than fifteen times the number of registered great Danes" means 15x + 6997

then as per the given statement:

x = 9860 .

To solve for y;

y = 15x+ 6997

Substitute the value of x we get;

`y = 15(9860)+6997`

Simplify:

y = 154,897

Therefore, the registered Labrador Retrievers were there are; 154,897