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Maria’s dog weighs six times as much as a rabbit. together the pets weight 56 pounds what does Maria’s dog weigh?

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Well first we can create and equation to get and x will stand for the pets weight 56=6x+x now we simplify to get 56=7x divide each side by 7 and we get 8=x
therefore her dog weighs 48 pounds
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