Question

Reston gets paid $3 for each dog he walks . He walks mr millers dogs on staturday and mrs lovells 4 dogs on sunday. Reston got paid $18 for walking dogs during the weekend

How many dogs does mrs miller have ?

The group in the problem is the sum of the number of _____.

Restons weekend earnings is equal to this sum times _____

Working backwards first ______this eqauls the total number of dogs

to find the number of dogs mr miller has ____ the total number of dogs

Mr miller has ___ dogs

Answer 1

Explanation:

Let's use the following variables to represent the unknowns in the problem:

x = the number of dogs Mr. Miller has

y = the total number of dogs Reston walked over the weekend

From the problem, we can set up the following system of equations:

x dogs on Saturday + 4 dogs on Sunday = y total dogs walked

3 dollars per dog * y total dogs walked = 18 dollars earned

Simplifying the second equation, we get:

3y = 18

y = 6

So Reston walked a total of 6 dogs over the weekend. Substituting this into the first equation, we get:

x + 4 = 6

x = 2

Therefore, Mr. Miller has 2 dogs.

The group in the problem is the sum of the number of dogs Reston walked on Saturday and Sunday. Reston's weekend earnings is equal to this sum times $3.

Working backwards first, we found the total number of dogs walked (6), which is the sum of the number of dogs walked on Saturday and Sunday. Then, we found the number of dogs Mr. Miller has (2) by using the fact that he is the owner of the dogs Reston walked on Saturday.