Question

At the dog show, there are 4 times as many boxers as spaniels. If there are a total of 30 dogs,how many dogs are spaniels? Plz help me ​

Answer 1

6 spaniels

Explanation:

Create 2 equations to represent this, where b is the number of boxers and s is the number of spaniels:

4s = b

s + b = 30

We can plug in 4s as b into the second equation, s + b = 30:

s + b = 30

s + 4s = 30

5s = 30

s = 6

So, there are 6 spaniels.