Question

José and Nancy take care of animals when owners are away. José charges $15 plus $2 per animal. Nancy charges $5 plus $3 per animal. For how many animals do they charge the same amount? Solve the equation below to find out. *

15 + 2x = 5 + 3x

A. 3 animals
B. 4 animals
C. 10 animals
D. 15 animals

Answer 1

Isolate the variable by dividing each side by factors that don’t contain the variable.

ANSWER— C 10 animals

Answer 2

C. 10 animals

Explanation:

This is how i do it

(you just rearrange the number so the you can add the x's together)

15 + -5 = -2x + 3x

15 + -5 = 10

-2x + 3x = 1x or X

so you answer is:

X = 10