Question

There are 124 dogs and cats in Miss Mulero's backyard. There are eight more dogs than cats. What is the total number of dogs in Miss Mulero's backyard?

Answer 1

There are 66 number of dogs in Miss Mulero's backyard.

Explanation:

Let's set up equation for the given information.

Let there are 'd' number of dogs

and 'c' number of cats.

So, we can set up equation as

d+c=124

d=c+8

Let's solve the system of equations for 'd' and 'c'.

Substitute d as c+8 into the first equation then solve for 'c'

c+8+c=124

Combine like terms

2 c+8=124

Subtract both sides 8

2 c = 116

Divide both sides by 2.

c= 58

Plug in c as 58 into d=c+8

d=58+8

d=66

So, there are 66 number of dogs in Miss Mulero's backyard.