Question

Ryan earns $5 for each small dog he walks and $8 for each large dog he walks. Today he walked 8 dogs and made a total of $49.

How many small dogs did Ryan walk?
Ryan walked
small dogs.

Answer 1

He walked 5 small dogs and 3 large dogs.

Explanation:

We'll represent the number of small dogs Ryan walked 'x,' and the number of large dogs Ryan walked '8-x.'

49 = 5x + 8(8-x)

x=5

8-5=3

Therefore, Ryan walked 5 small dogs and 3 large dogs.

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