Question

Last month Kim trained 3 times as many dogs as cats.

If the total number of cats and dogs she trained is 32, how many cats did Kim train?
Complete the equation and solve.
32 =
xn
Kim trained
cats. Plsssss helppp meeeeeee

Answer 1

8

Explanation:

dog=3x

cat=x

3x+x=32

4x=32

4/4

32/4

x=8

3(8)=24

x=8

So she trained 24 dogs and 8 cats