Question

An animal shelter spends $2.35 per day to care for each cat and $5.50 per day to care for each dog. pat notice that the shelter spent $89.50 caring for cats and dogs on wednesday. pat said that there might have been 8 cats and 14 dogs at the shelter on wednesday. are pat's number possible? use an equation to justify your answer.

Answer 1

try 2.35c + 5.50d = 89.50 all just simple algebra...i miss it dearly.