Question

An animal shelter spends $2.50 per day to care for each cat and $8.50 per day to care for each dog. Grace noticed that the shelter spent $90.00 caring for cats and dogs on Friday. Grace found a record showing that there were a total of 24 cats and dogs on Friday. How many cats were at the shelter on Friday?

Answer 1

1. Set up the equation: 2.50C + 8.50D = 90 (C+D=90)
2. Solve for C and D: Number of cats=19 and the Number of dogs=5