Question

An animal shelter spends $2.50 per day to care for each cat and $3.00 per day to care for each dog. Parker noticed that the shelter spent $46.50 caring for cats and dogs on Thursday. Parker found a record showing that there were a total of 18 cats and dogs on Thursday. How many cats were at the shelter on Thursday?

Answer 1

3 cats

Explanation:

15 dogs = 2.5*15 = 37.5

3 cats = 3*3= 9

add them together you get 37.5+9= 46.5

so that means there are 3 cats