Question

Callie has a new kitten. The kitten weighs 3 pounds less than half the weight of Callie’s cat. Together, the cat and the kitten weigh 18 pounds. Which system of equations could be used to find the weight of each animal?

A. y=
`(1)/(2)`x+3

y=-x+18

B. y=
`(1)/(2)`x+3

y=x+18

C. y=
`(1)/(2)`x-3

y+x=18

Answer 1

c

Explanation:

if Callie's cat is x and the question says that the kitten is 3 pound less than half(1/2) of x it will then be half of 1/2 of x then - 3(to get the kittens weight)

the if both cats weight 18 it'll be x+y