Question

An animal shelter spends $3.00 per day to care for each bird and $8.50 per day to care for each cat. Kayla noticed that the shelter spent $123.00 caring for birds and cats on Tuesday. Kayla found a record showing that there were a total of 30 birds and cats on Tuesday. How many birds were at the shelter on Tuesday?

Answer 1

Thirty birds were at the shelter on Tuesday

Answer 2

$123 = ($3b + $8.50c)

b + c = 30

b = 24 birds ($72)
c = 6 cats ($51)

51+72=123

There were 24 birds at the shelter on Tuesday.